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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 8, 1990Hennepin County, Scott County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1990, 5:00 AM CDT for Hennepin County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 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
Jul 8, 1990, 5:00 AM CDT (10:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1990, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hennepin County, MN, Scott 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
Jul 8, 5:05 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Hennepin, 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 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 8 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 1990-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1386 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 1990-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 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
1386 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-245 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 081000
SVRMSP
MNC053-139-081100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
500 AM CDT SUN JUL 8 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
          ...SOUTHERN HENNEPIN...NORTHERN SCOTT
 
AT 455 AM CDT..WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
SOUTH OF WACONIA NEAR THE TOWN OF COLOGNE. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.
 
AT 445 AM THIS THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED 65 MPH WINDS IN THE ARLINGTON
AREA OF EASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME CITIES AND TOWN INCLUDED IN THE WARNING
ARE..JORDAN..SHAKOPEE..BLOOMINGTON AND MINNEAPOLIS.
 
 
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
Jul 8, 1:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift53 min
Jul 8, 1:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa23 min
Jul 8, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison51 min
Jul 8, 4:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley47 min
Jul 8, 4:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver41 min
Jul 8, 5:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington46 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.