Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1990, 12:21 AM CDT for Carver County, McLeod County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 69 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
- Jun 13, 1990, 12:21 AM CDT (05:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 1990, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carver County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Scott 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 12:36 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Scott, 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 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 1326 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1196 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.4
- Supercell composite
- -2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 130522
SVRMSP
MNC019-085-037-139-130630-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
1221 AM CDT WED JUN 13 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
...CARVER...MCLEOD
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
...DAKOTA...SCOTT
AT 1210 AM CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
OVER SOUTHERN MCCL0UD AND WESTERN SCOTT COUNTIES. THESE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF STRONG WINDS..HAIL AND VERY HEAVY
RAINS. THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORSMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN
HOUR. PERSONS IN THE CITIES OF GLENCOE..NORWOOD..COLONGE..CHASKA AND
NEW PRAGUE WILL BE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS WITHIN THE HALF HOUR.
IN DAKOTA COUNTY THE CITIES OF ROSEMONT AND FARMINGTON WILL BE IN THE
PATH BETWEEN 1255 AND 115AM THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING..MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING
DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
NAISTATWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:04 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS, MN
803 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990
...ATTN SELS A MSP...
530 PM PRIOR LAKE....SCOTT COUNTY MN...DIME SIZE HAIL
540PM 60 MPH WIND..BLOOMINGTON MN...S HENNEPIN COUNTY
535PM SAVAGE...SCOTT COUNTY MN...DIME SIZE HAIL
625PM DIME HAIL..RIVER FALLS...ST CROIX COUNTY..WI
635PM PRESCOTT...ST CROIX COUNTY WI...EST 60 MPH PLUS WINDS..
SHERIFF SAID "IF HIS CAR HAD WINGS IT WOULD HAVE FLOWN"
705PM NEAR WILSON..ST CROIX COUNTY..60 TO 70 MPH WINDS
700 PM BALDWIN..WILSON AREA OF ST CROIX COUNTY WI...STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE...LARGE TREES DOWN..NMRS POWER OUTAGES.
735 TO REPORTS OF 70 MPH PLUS WINDS IN BLOOMER AND CHIPPEWA FALLS
755PM IN CHIPPWA COUNTY..WI
745 PM GOLFBALL HAIL IN EAU CLAIRE IN EAU CLAIRE CO..WI
PAULSONLocal storm report, Jun 12, 8:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS, MN
825 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 1990
...ATTN SELS A MSP...
720PM DUNN COUNTY...WI. WHEELER AREA. EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE...
AT LEAST TWO HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED....MANY TREES AND POWER
POLES SNAPPED....KXJ-88 NOAA WEATHER RADIO IN WHEELER WI OTS.
REPORT CAME FROM TECHNICIAN ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR NWR.
PAULSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 54 min |
| Jun 12, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 11:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sibley | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 69 min |
| Jun 13, 1:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dodge, Goodhue, Olmsted, Wabasha | 115 min |
| Jun 13, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 25 min |
| Jun 13, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Mower | 45 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.