Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1992, 5:15 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 min. 2 reports 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
- Aug 29, 1992, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chippewa County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 5:23 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Chippewa, WI | |
| Aug 29, 5:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Chippewa, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1179 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 292215 SVRMSP WIC017-292245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 515 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...EASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY AT 515 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING NEAR CORNELL IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF EAU CLAIRE. LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. CITIES AND TOWNS INCLUDED IN THE WARNING ARE CORNELL...HOLCOMBE...AND BRUNET ISLAND STATE PARK. 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 LTITTLE OR NO WARNING. HARRISON/KRAFT
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 29, 3:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
WIZ-003-006-292100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL MN 325 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... AT 315 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN FROM ST CROIX FALLS TO GRANTSBURG. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE TO HAYWARD AND MINONG BY 415 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. MBM
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
MNZALL-WIZ003-006-292200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL MN 355 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... AT 330 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM LUCK TO YELLOW LAKE. THIS IS 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST FROM RICE LAKE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE TO SPOONER AND SHELL LAKE BY 4 PM AND SHOULD APPROACH HAYWARD AND STONE LAKE BY 420 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND BTHUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM SOLON SPRINGS WISCONSIN TO FOREST LAKE MINNESOTA AND FROM CLOQUET MINNESOTA TO PRINCETON. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. MBM
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 4:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
MNZALL-WIZ003-006-292200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL MN 355 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... AT 330 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN FROM LUCK TO YELLOW LAKE. THIS IS 40 MILES WEST NORTHWEST FROM RICE LAKE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE TO SPOONER AND SHELL LAKE BY 4 PM AND SHOULD APPROACH HAYWARD AND STONE LAKE BY 420 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE SHOWERS WERE LOCATED FROM SOLON SPRINGS WISCONSIN TO FOREST LAKE WISCONSIN AND FROM CLOQUET MINNESOTA TO PRINCETON. X MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. MBM
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 4:36 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
MNZ009-012-016-018-019-292330 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL MN 435 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... THE MINNESOTA PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 789 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MINNESOTA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT EAST OF A LINE FROM NORTHFIELD TO AUSTIN AND SOUTH OF HASTINGS UNTIL 800 PM. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDE ROCHESTER ...WABASHA...WINONA AND REDWING. THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA IS NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pepin | 46 min |
| Aug 29, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Clark | 57 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.