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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 26, 1994Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1994, 1:37 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1994, 1:37 PM CDT (18:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1994, 2:13 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Rusk County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-26Temperature 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1994-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -315 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-315 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-952 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 KMSP 261838
SVRMSP
WIC107-261930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
137 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...WESTERN RUSK COUNTY
 
AT 135 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF
LADYSMITH...OR JUST WEST OF WEYERHAEUSER. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND PERSONS IN WEYERHAUSER SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TO*RNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING.  STAY INDOORS...REMAIN CALM AND BE READY TO MOVE
QUICKLY TO THE BASEMENT.
 
DWE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 12:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix21 min
Apr 26, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk44 min
Apr 26, 12:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn50 min
Apr 26, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron46 min
Apr 26, 1:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron46 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.