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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 27, 1994Polk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1994, 6:20 PM CDT for Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1994, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1994, 6:48 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Polk County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 1994-06-27Temperature 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 1994-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
282 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 
WUUS1 KMSP 272319
SVRMPX
WIC095-280000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
620 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN POLK COUNTY
 
AT 620 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF
MCKINLEY...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BALSAM LAKE. THE STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM MCKINLEY AND AND CLAM FALLS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR PROTECTION
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM.  PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD GO
TO A STORM SHELTER.
 DWE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix60 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.