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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 13, 1994Grant County, Wisconsin

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 1994, 12:37 AM CDT for Grant County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1994, 12:37 AM CDT (05:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1994, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Grant County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 276 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 1994-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 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 KMSN 130537
TORDBQ
WIC043-130615-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA
ISSUED BY MADISON WI
1237 AM CDT MON JUN 13 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
 
   ...GRANT COUNTY
 
REPORTS FROM CLAYTON COUNTY IOWA INDICATE A CAR THROWN AROUND AND
SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED FROM THUNDERSTORMS WITH A PROBABLE
TORNADO MOVING EAST INTO GRANT COUNTY AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR BLOOMINGTON..BEETOWN..CASSVILLE..AND
LANCASTER ARE URGED TO TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
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.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
 
MEM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNLafayette43 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.