Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 1990, 4:58 PM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 11, 1990, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 1990, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barron County, WI
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 5:58 PM CDT | Hail 2.75 | Barron, WI | |
| Sep 11, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Barron, WI |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 112159
SVRMSP
WIC005-112300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
458 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...BARRON
AT 454 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM NEAR TURTLE LAKE TO JUST WEST OF RICE LAKE IN WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
LARGE HAIL IS INDICATED WITH THIS STORM.
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BARRON...RICE LAKE AND
CUMBERLAND.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNINGWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 11:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1145 AM CDT TUE SEP 11 1990 AT 1135 AM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE TO TORRENTIAL RAINSHOWERS...AND BRIEF BUT STRONG WIND GUSTS WERE DETECTED OVER SOUTHERN RUSK COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED 15 MILES EITHER SIDE OF...U.S. HWY 8 FROM WEYERHAUSER EAST.. TO LADYSMITH. IF THEATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION IMMEADIATELY TO AVOID POSSIBLE INJURY. THESE POWERFULL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH...AND BY 1230 PM WILL BE LOCATED OVER WESTERN RUSK COUNTY BETWEEN LADYSMITH AND INGRAM. ELSHWHERE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.. FROM HUDSON AND EAU CLAIRE EAST TOWARD NEILSVILLE AND MEDFORD...WITH THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF BALDWIN AND BETWEEN NEILSVILLE AND MEDFORD.
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 4:50 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
WIZ003-006-112230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 450 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 1990 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... MASSIVE THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY GROWING...AND HAIL MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE BY 515 PM OR 530. THE STORMS WERE ACROSS BARRON COUNTY... FROM JUST WEST OF RICE LAKE TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICE LAKE. BOATERS SHOULD GET OFF LAKES NOW. PEOPLE ENGAGED IN ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BEGIN MOVING INSIDE SOON. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KRAUSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Barron | 33 min |
| Sep 11, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 57 min |
| Sep 11, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 44 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.