Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 8:45 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Renville, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 8:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Yellow Medicine | 45 min |
| Jun 28, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 46 min |
| Jun 28, 9:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 52 min |
| Jun 28, 10:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 18 min |
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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.