Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 11, 1990, 7:16 PM CDT for Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 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
- Sep 11, 1990, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 1990, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barron County, WI, Rusk County, WI
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 7:47 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Rusk, WI |
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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 2675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 18.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 120021 COR
TORMSP
WIC005-107-120100-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED ...CORRECT TORNADO LOCATION
TORNADO WARNING AT THE BARRON...RUSK LINE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
716 PM CDT TUE SEP 11 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...BARRON...WESTERN RUSK
AT 703 PM...TORNADOES CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED AROUND RICE LAKE
AS WELL AS AT THE BARRON...RUSK COUNTY LINE EAST OF THE CITY OF BARRON.
AT 713 PM...ANOTHER TORNADO WAS AT CANTON.
THE TORNADOES ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.
VARIOUS TORNADOES HAVE BEEN FORMING AROUND BARRON COUNTY...
AND SO ALL OF BARRON COUNTY IS INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING.
WESTERN RUSK COUNTY IS ALSO UNDER IMMINENT THREAT...AND
THESE TORNADOES HAVE CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE AROUND BARRON COUNTY.
EVERYONE AROUND BARRON AND WESTERN RUSK COUNTIES SHOULD
GET TO SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE
CITIES OF BRUCE...LADYSMITH...RICE LAKE...AND CANTON...
AND OTHERS.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
KRAUSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 47 min |
| Sep 11, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 50 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.