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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 29, 1990Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1990, 10:48 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1990, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1990, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Rusk County, WI

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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 1990-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1583 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 1990-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
1583 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1346 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 300350 RRA
SVRMSP
WIC107-300445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
1048 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
          ...EASTERN RUSK
 
AT 1045 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF
RICE LAKE NEAR RADDISSON AND COUDERAY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...LADYSMITH...INGRAM
AND GLEN FLORA.
 
THE SAWYER COUNTY SHERIFFS REPORTED TREES DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST PART
OF THE COUNTY AT 1015 PM.
 
 
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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 8:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
MNZALL-300300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
820 AM CDT THU JUN 28 1990

...CANCELLATION OF PART OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER FOR
NORTHERN MINNESOTA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED A SMALL PART OF THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH...NUMBER 559...ISSUED FOR MOST OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE WATCH...

NORTHWEST...EASTERN PENNINGTON..EASTERN RED LAKE..EASTERN POLK..
            MAHNOMEN..BECKER..

WEST CENTRAL...OTTERTAIL..

JHM

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.