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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 28, 1990Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1990, 8:19 AM CDT for Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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 28, 1990, 8:19 AM CDT (13:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1990, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Renville 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 28, 8:45 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Renville, 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 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 1990-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 102 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 12:00Z on 1990-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 298 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-411 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
298 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 281319
SVRMSP
MNC129-281415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
819 AM CDT THU JUN 28 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
          ...RENVILLE
 
AT 815 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY RADAR NEAR
MONTEVIDEO WHICH IS 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR IN SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MINNESOTA FALLS...
SACRED HEART...BECHYN.
 
 
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 COVERSF THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 7:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Swift39 min
Jun 28, 8:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Yellow Medicine45 min
Jun 28, 8:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison, Stearns44 min
Jun 28, 8:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne46 min
Jun 28, 9:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns52 min
Jun 28, 10:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin18 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.