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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 30, 1994Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT for Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1994, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 1994-05-30Temperature 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 1994-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 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 302245
TORMSP
WIC093-109-302315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
545 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN ST CROIX COUNTY
 
AT 544 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR WOODVILLE WISCONSIN. STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS STORM. THIS STORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN
ST CROIX COUNTY WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR
TOWARD NORTHERN PIERCE COUNTY.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE WILSON...SPRING VALLEY...
OLIVET...AND ELMWOOD.  TAKE COVER NOW.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
JHM/DRB
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk44 min
May 30, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk54 min
May 30, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSaint Croix48 min
May 30, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix36 min
May 30, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn68 min
May 30, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin, Pierce67 min

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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.