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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 2, 1990Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1990, 3:01 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1990, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1990, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1990-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 338 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1990-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 022003
SVRMSP
WIC017-107-022045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
301 PM CDT SAT JUN 2 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
          ...CHIPPEWA...RUSK
 
AT 250 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED 5 MILES SOUTH OF EAU
CLAIRE WISCONSIN WITH DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND TREES. THE STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
ARE CORNELL...BRUCE...LADYSMITH AND INGRAM.
 
 
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.
MILLER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Polk, Saint Croix51 min
Jun 2, 2:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Dunn41 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.