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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 28, 1990Wabasha County, Winona County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1990, 8:40 PM CDT for Wabasha County, Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1990, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1990, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Wabasha County, MN, Winona 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 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 1990-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2885 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1990-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
2885 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRST 290142
SVRRST
MNC157-169-290215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
840 PM CDT THU JUN 28 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
          ...SOUTHEASTERN WABASHA...NORTHERN WINONA
 
...THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWN OF PLAINVIEW...
 
AT 830 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF
PLAINVIEW MN...18 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCHESTER MN.  THE STORM IS
MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne48 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.