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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 27, 1994Barron County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1994, 7:44 PM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1994, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1994, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Barron County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 1994-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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 1994-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 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 KMSP 280044
TORMSP
WIC005-280115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
744 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN BARRON COUNTY
 
AT 735 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR THE TOWN HAUGEN...ABOUT 5 MILES
NORTH OF RICE LAKE.
 
THE STORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE BRILL AND HAUGEN AREAS THROUGH 8PM.
 
PERSONS IN RICE LAKE...HAUGEN AND BRILL SHOULD MOVE TO THE BASEMENT NOW!
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR STAIRWAY TO AVOID COLLAPSING
WALLS.  IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN A CENTRAL
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
 
DWE
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron31 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.