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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 1992Clark County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 4:59 AM CDT for Clark County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 1992, 4:59 AM CDT (09:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 1992, 5:45 AM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Whole counties

County Clark County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 171000
SVRMKE
WIC019-171045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
459 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...CLARK COUNTY
 
AT 455 AM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING CLARK COUNTY. TREES
AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN AS THESE STORMS PASSED THROUGH JACKSON
COUNTY. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS ARE
NEILLSVILLE..GREENWOOD AND GRANTON.
 
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.
HAASE

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

Local storm report, Jun 16, 11:38 PM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1120 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 19982

STORM DATA FOR MINNEAPOLIS COUNTY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY (ALSO INCLUDES
SOME REPORTS FOR SW MINN COUNTIES UNDER SIOUX FALLS)

 TIME           COUNTY...LOCATION AND STATE   CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
................................................................................ 635PM           REDWOOD/BTWN WALNUT GROVE   SEMI OVERTURNED..PSBL TORNADO
                 AND TRACY
 622PM           YELLOW MEDICINE/5 E OF      TORNADO RPTD BY CNTY SHERRIF
                 CLARKFIELD
 627PM           LYON/TRACY AREA             TORNADO WITH DMG
 705PM           REDWOOD/4S LUCAS            SILO DESTROYED
 645PM           REDWOOD/JUST E TRACY        NMRS FARM BLDGS DESTROYED BY
                                             SUSPECTED TORNADO
 630PM           LYON/4W TRACY               FARM BLDGS DAMAGED BY
                                             SUSPECTED TORNADO
 819PM           RENVILLE/SACRED HEART       WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF HOME
                 AREA
 825PM           RENVILLE/3S DANUBE          LGE TREES DOWN
 830PM           RENVILLE/VCNTY DANUBE       FARMS DESTROYED..PSBL
                                             TORNADO OR STNG WNDS
 830PM           RENVILLE/2N OLIVIA          STNG WNDS "BLOWING EVERYTHING
                                             NOT TIED DOWN"
 EST 845PM       RENVILLE/2NE DANUBE         MACHINE SHED DOWN, PATIO
                                             DOOR BLOWN IN
 915PM           KANDIYOHI/WILLMAR           65 MPH WINDS
 845PM           RENVILLE/OLIVA/DANUBE       ROOF OFF BLDG
                 AREA
 EST 8PM         RENVILLE/9SW OLIVA          PSBL TORNADO/LOTS OF
                                             DAMAGE TO FARM WITH
                                             SVRL BLDGS DESTROYED
 EST 1005PM      LYON/BALLATON               CITIZEN TORNADO RPT WITH
                                             BLDG DMG AND PWR LINES DOWN
 1030PM          REDWOOD/LAMBERTON           EST WNDS 60-70 MPH
 1035PM          RENVILLE/4S OLIVIA          TORNADO
 1035PM          RENVILLE/BIRD ISLAND        60-70 MPH WINDS
 EST 1105PM      MCLEOD/HUTCHISON            WNDS ALMOST BLEW OVER
                                             SQUAD CAR
PAULSON

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

MNZ010-011-013-014-017-170700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
110 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...TORNADO WATCH 379 CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND WESTCENTRAL
MINNESOTA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL
HAS CANCELLED MUCH OF TORNADO WATCH 379. THE ONLY AREAS FOR WHICH THE
TORNADO WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT ARE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

TWIN CITIES METRO AREA... RAMSEY...WASHINGTON...SCOTT...DAKOTA

SOUTHCENTRAL............. NICOLLET...LE SUEUR...RICE...BLUE EARTH
                          WASECA...STEELE...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN

SOUTHEAST................ GOODHUE...DODGE...MOWER

THIS TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ABOVE COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM.

TORNADO WATCH 382 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA UNTIL 600 AM.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 400 AM.

GRL

Local storm report, Jun 17, 1:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY PRODUCT WORKSHEET
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS, MN
120 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

STORM DATA REPORTS FOR THE EVENING OF JUN 16TH AND EARLY MORNING OF
JUN 17TH.

TIME COUNTY/CITY CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
................................................................................1105PM MCLEOD/HUTCHINSON 2 LARGE TREES DOWN AND POWER
OUTAGES.
1130PM MORRISON/LITTLE FALLS 31/2 INCHES OF RAIN FROM
730 PM TO 1130 PM.
1135PM CARVER/CARVER DIME SIZE HAIL
1210AM ISANTI/CAMBRIDGE 59 MPH WINDS AT SHERIFF
DISPATCH OFFICE.
1215AM WRIGHT/? 55 MPH WINDS AND 11/2 INCH
RAIN IN 30 MINUTES.
1220AM WRIGHT/HOWARD LAKE AND WIDESPREAD BUILDING DAMAGE
COKATO ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHWEST
SECTIONS OF COUNTY. SEVERE
BUILDING DAMAGE THROUGH THE
TOWNS OF HOWARD LAKE AND
COKATO.
100AM RENVILLE/OLIVIA POWER AND PHONES STILL OUT
OF SERVICE OVER MOST OF THE
CITY. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

WJH

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

MNZ008-009-012-170800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
210 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...TORNADO WATCH 382 CANCELLED IN EASTCENTRAL MINNESOTA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL
HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH 382 FOR LOCATIONS IN EASTCENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THIS WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

SOUTHEAST................ WABASHA...OLMSTEAD...WINONA...FILLMORE
                          HOUSTON

THIS TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ABOVE COUNTIES UNTIL 600 AM.
PORTIONS OF TORNADO WATCH 379 REMAIN IN EFFECT IN THE EASTERN METRO AREA
AND SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTHCENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 300 AM.  A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

LUSSKY

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:33 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

MNZ008-009-012-170800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
430 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...TORNADO WATCH 382 CANCELLED IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL
HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH 382 FOR ALL MINNESOTA LOCATIONS.

ALL WATCHES IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA HAVE EITHER EXPIRED OR BEEN
CANCELLED.  NO WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT IN THE STATE.

LUSSKY

Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:56 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY PRODUCT WORKSHEET
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS, MN
450 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

STORM DATA REPORTS FOR THE MORNING OF JUN 17TH.

 TIME           COUNTY/CITY                   CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
................................................................................ 130 AM          PIERCE/PRESCOTT             GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.

 430 AM          EAU CLAIRE/VCNTY OF         QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR
                        OSSEO                OSSEO. POWER OUTAGES DUE
                                             MAINLY TO LIGHTNING AROUND
                                             EAU CLAIRE AND SCATTERED
                                             POWER OUT3AGES ACROSS
                                             COUNTY.

WJH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 1:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pierce, Saint Croix	45 min
Jun 17, 3:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Pepin	44 min
Jun 17, 4:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Eau Claire	32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.