Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 1:54 PM CDT for Dunn County, Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 min. 4 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
- Jun 2, 1990, 1:54 PM CDT (18:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dunn County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:00 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | St. Croix, WI | |
| Jun 2, 2:15 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Polk, WI | |
| Jun 2, 2:30 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Dunn, WI | |
| Jun 2, 2:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Dunn, 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 338 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 021857
SVRMSP
WIC033-095-109-021945-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
154 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...WESTERN DUNN...POLK...EASTERN ST CROIX
AT 150 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY RADAR NEAR BALDWIN
IN ST CROIX COUNTY...ABOUT 35 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN ST PAUL. THE
THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM ARE GLENWOOD CITY...AMERY AND MENOMONIE.
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 COVE\RS THE ROAD.
MILLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn | 41 min |
| Jun 2, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, 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.