Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 2:19 PM CDT for Barron County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 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
- Jun 2, 1990, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1990, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barron County, WI, Dunn 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, 2:30 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 021920
SVRMSP
WIC005-033-022000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
219 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...BARRON...EASTERN DUNN
AT 215 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN
WESTERN DUNN COUNTY AND EASTERN POLK COUNTIES ABOUT 40 MILES EAST OF
DOWNTOWN ST PAUL MN. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE CUMBERLAND...TURTLE LAKE...RICE
LAKE AND BARRON.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH..MAKE THIS A DANGEROUS STORM. YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR STRONG WINDS..LARGE HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN
BY MOVING TO SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. REMEMBER SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
MILL}ERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix | 51 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.