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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 17, 1992Clark County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 17, 1992, 11:01 PM CDT for Clark County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 17, 1992, 11:01 PM CDT (04:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 1992, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
59 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, 4.0 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1992-09-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 505 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1992-09-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
505 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 180405
SVRMKE
WIC019-180500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1101 PM CDT THU SEP 17 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...CLARK COUNTY
 
AT 1055 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN JACKSON
COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF PRICE...WHICH IS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAU
CLAIRE. THIS STORM PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT PLEASANTVILLE IN
NORTHERN TREMPEALEAU COUNTY AT 1050 PM.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH TOWARD THE TOWNS OF
HUMBIRD...NEILLSVILLE...AND GLOBE.
 
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.
 
 
JOHNSTON/J LAST
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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.