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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 9, 1992Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 1992, 9:52 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 1992, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1992, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Rusk County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 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 00:00Z on 1992-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5696 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 100253
TORMSP
WIC107-100345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
952 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...RUSK COUNTY
 
AT 950 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR EXELAND...OR
ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CONTAINING THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15
MPH.
 
BY 1045 PM CDT...THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR THE CITY OF
LADYSMITH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
NAISTAT/CARLYON/SWANBERG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire36 min
Aug 10, 12:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXClark66 min
Aug 10, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire41 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.