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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 5, 1990Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1990, 5:23 AM CDT for Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1990, 5:23 AM CDT (10:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1990, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN

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 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1422 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRST 051023
SVRRST
MNC047-131-147-049-039-099-051100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
523 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF MINNESOTA
      FREEBORN...EASTERN RICE...STEELE...

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF MINNESOTA
      GOODHUE...DODGE...MOWER...

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF FARIBAULT...OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA
...AUSTIN...KASSON...AND WEST CONCORDE.

AT 510 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
THROUGH SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.  THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NORTHFIEL
D TO ALBERT LEA MINNESOTA AND WERE MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 50 MPH
TOWARD THE ABOVE MENTIONED TOWNS.  IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE
STORMS GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO Au REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...AND LIGHTNING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 4:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville40 min
Jun 5, 4:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley27 min
Jun 5, 4:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Nicollet36 min
Jun 5, 5:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDodge, Freeborn, Mower, Steele37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.