Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 1990, 6:13 PM CDT for McLeod County, Renville County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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
- May 22, 1990, 6:13 PM CDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 1990, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McLeod County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 6:13 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Renville, MN |
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1111 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 222315
SVRMSP
MNC085-129-143-222345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
613 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
...WESTERN MCLEOD...EASTERN RENVILLE...WESTERN SIBLEY
AT 605 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 60 MILES WEST OF THE
TWIN CITIES.. NORTHWEST OF HECTOR.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT OLIVIA AT 610 PM CDT.
SOME OF THE TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE..
HECTOR IN RENVILLE COUNTY.. HUTCHINSON IN MC CLEOD COUNTY AND WINTHROP
IN SIBLEY CLOUNTY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
RNDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 64 min |
| May 22, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 35 min |
| May 22, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 29 min |
| May 22, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 53 min |
| May 22, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 53 min |
| May 22, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 54 min |
| May 22, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 55 min |
| May 22, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 33 min |
| May 22, 6:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 61 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.