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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 1990Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1990, 2:05 AM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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, 2:05 AM CDT (07:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1990, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Freeborn 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 2:15 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Freeborn, 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 1990-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1326 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1990-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -50 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRST 130706
SVRRST
MNC047-130730-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
205 AM CDT WED JUN 13 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
          ...NORTHERN FREEBORN
 
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF CLARKS GROVE AND MAPLE
ISLAND...
 
AT 200 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ALBERT LEA.  THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
 
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 COVERS THE ROAD.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH qYOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet32 min
Jun 12, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice54 min
Jun 12, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue47 min
Jun 12, 11:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville, Sibley51 min
Jun 12, 11:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSibley35 min
Jun 13, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, McLeod, Scott69 min
Jun 13, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota69 min
Jun 13, 1:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDodge, Goodhue, Olmsted, Wabasha115 min
Jun 13, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Mower45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.