Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1992, 12:09 AM CDT for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 1992, 12:09 AM CDT (05:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1992, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Eau Claire County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 5696 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 100510 SVRMSP WIC035-100545- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1209 AM CDT MON AUG 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...SOUTHERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF EAU CLAIRE IN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FOSTER AND AUGUSTA. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING..MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. NAISTAT
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, Aug 9, 10:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
MNZ012>019-100430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ ST. PAUL MN 1035 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 742 IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 2 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING... AT 1035 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A 75 MILE WIDE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM PHILLIPS IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN TO JUST EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE AREA WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. BY 1145 PM CDT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM MEDFORD TO DURAND IN WISCONSIN. OTHER THUNDERSTORM WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES...NEAR NEW ULM AND JUST NORTH OF WORTHINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. BY 1130 PM CDT THE THUNDERSTORM WILL HAVE CROSSED THROUGH WHEELER...COLFAX...AND CEDAR FALLS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 2 AM MONDAY MORNING. NAISTAT
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 10:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
MNZ012>019-100430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED 2ND PARAGRAPH...LAST LINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ ST. PAUL MN 1035 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 742 IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 2 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING... AT 1035 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A 75 MILE WIDE AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM PHILLIPS IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN TO JUST EAST OF THE TWIN CITIES IN EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE AREA WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. BY 1145 PM CDT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM MEDFORD TO DURAND IN WISCONSIN. OTHER THUNDERSTORM WERE LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES...NEAR NEW ULM AND JUST NORTH OF WORTHINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING TOWARD THE SOUTH. DEADLY LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. BY 1130 PM CDT THE THUNDERSTORM WILL HAVE CROSSED THROUGH WHEELER...COLFAX...AND CEDAR FALLS. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 2 AM MONDAY MORNING. NAISTAT
Local storm report, Aug 9, 11:14 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STROM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1111 PM CDT SUN AUG 09 1992
STORM DATA FOR MINNEAPOLIS COUNTY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY ON AUG 9
TIME COUNTY...LOCATION AND STATE CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
................................................................................ 1030 CDT EASTERN RUSK COUNTY OF SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN IN
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THE TOWN OF TONY WHICH IS 4
MILES EAST OF LADYSMITH.
DOWNED TREES ARE BLOCKING
HIGHWAY 8 IN THE TOWN.
6 DAMAGE APPEARED TO BE CAUSED
BY STRONG DOWNBURST OR
STRAIT LINE WINDS.Local storm report, Aug 9, 11:15 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1111 PM CDT SUN AUG 09 1992
STORM DATA FOR MINNEAPOLIS COUNTY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY ON AUG 9
TIME COUNTY...LOCATION AND STATE CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
................................................................................ 1030 CDT EASTERN RUSK COUNTY OF SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN IN
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THE TOWN OF TONY WHICH IS 4
MILES EAST OF LADYSMITH.
DOWNED TREES ARE BLOCKING
HIGHWAY 8 IN THE TOWN.
B DAMAGE APPEARED TO BE CAUSED
BY STRONG DOWNBURST OR
STRAIT LINE WINDS.Special weather statement, Aug 9, 11:38 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
MNZ011>019-100600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1140 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 742 NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN MINNESOTA... THE MINNESOTA PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 742 HAS BEEN CANCELED. NAISTAT
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 11:56 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
MNZ015>019-WIZ006-100545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL MN 1150 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 1140 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM RHINELANDER TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. BY 1245 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM WAUSAU TO OSSEO. OSSEO IS ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTAIN DEADLY LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND OCCASIONALLY HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WISCONSIN UNTIL 5 AM CDT MONDAY MORNIN\G. NAISTAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rusk | 53 min |
| Aug 10, 12:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Clark | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 41 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.