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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 3, 1986Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 3, 1986, 3:46 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 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 3, 1986, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 1986, 4:10 PM CDT
In force
24 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 3, 3:50 PM CDTHail 1Rusk, 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 12:00Z, 8.8 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 12:00Z on 1986-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 493 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 12:00Z on 1986-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
493 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 032046
TORMSP
WIC107-032110-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
346 PM CDT WED SEP 3 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 410 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WESTERN RUSK

AT ABOUT 330 PM A REPORT WAS RECEIVED FROM THE SHERRIFFS OFFICE
IN BARRON COUNTY WISCONSIN OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND EAST
OF THE CITY OF CAMERON NEAR THE BARRON..RUSK COUNTY LINE.
THIS IS ABOUT 30 TO 35 MILES NORTH OF THE CITY OF EAU CLAIRE.
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. IF IT
REMAINS ON THE GROUND IN WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WESTERN RUcSK
COUNTY JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF WERHOUSER.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO..GO TO A BASEMENT SHELTER OR
A CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING.

PAULSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire33 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.