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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 19, 1994Barron County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 19, 1994, 8:03 PM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 1994, 8:03 PM CDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1994, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
27 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, 1.1 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 1994-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 503 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1994-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
503 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
7.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 200101
TORMSP
WIC005-200130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
803 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN BARRON COUNTY
 
AT 8 PM...THE BARRON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND
NEAR CUMBERLAND. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE RICE LAKE AND HAUGEN.  IF
YOUR IN THESE AREAS...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
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.
 
MBK
 
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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.