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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 20, 1990Anoka County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1990, 6:54 PM CDT for Anoka County, Minnesota. It was in force for 11 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1990, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1990, 7:05 PM CDT
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Anoka 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 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 1990-06-20Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 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 KMSP 202356
SVRMSP
MNC003-123-163-210030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
654 PM CDT WED JUN 20 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
          ...EASTERN ANOKA...NORTHERN RAMSEY...NORTHERN WASHINGTON
 
AT 645 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS EASTERN
ANOKA COUNTY INTO EXTREME NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY. THIS IS IN THE
FOREST LAKE...CIRCLE PINES AREA...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN ST
PAUL. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING RAPIDLY SOUTHEAT AT 45 TO
50 MPH.
 
CITIES IN ITS PATH INCLUDE STILLWATER AND SHOREVIEW.
 
 
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 THUNDERSTORMKS
CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
PAULSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs30 min
Jun 20, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington36 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.