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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Duluth, MN

July 14, 1995Price County, Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1995, 5:36 PM CDT for Price County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Price County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 222 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3957 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
3957 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1478 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 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 KDLH 142238
TORDLH
WIC099-142330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
536 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...PRICE COUNTY
 
AT 535 PM...GREEN BAY DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
TORNADO IN THE FIFIELD AREA...5 MILES SOUTH OF PARK FALLS.
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR. BASEBALL SIZED HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED WITH THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
 
PERSONS IN THE FIFIELD AREA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
IN A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH
OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.  IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK
SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID
WINDOWS.
 
BRAMER/SES
 
 
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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 4:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED FOR MORE INFORMATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  DULUTH MN
430 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0450 AM    BRAINERD                  MN   .75 INCH HAIL
07/14/95   CROW WING

0500 AM    BRAINERD                  MN    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95   CROW WING                       A FEW TREES BLOWN OVER

0450 AM    LAKE SHORE                MN    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95   CASS                            TREES DOWN

0515 AM    PEQUOT LAKES              MN    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95   CROW WING                       TREES BLOWN DOWN

0600 AM    2 NW FLOODWOOD            MN    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95   ST LOUIS                        NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN
                                           ALONG AND ABOUT 5 MILES
                                           EITHER SIDE OF HIGHWAY 73
                                           FROM FLOODWOOD TO NEAR
                                           SILICA.  WORST DAMAGE 2 NW
                                           OF FLOODWOOD INCLUDED LARGE
                                           TREES UPROOTED ON HOUSES AND
                                           GARAGES.  MOBILE HOME
                                           OVERTURNED.  ROOF BLOWN OFF
                                           A BARN.

CLC
Local storm report, Jul 14, 4:37 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED FOR MORE INFORMATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  DULUTH MN
430 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0450 AM    BRAINERD                  MN   .75 INCH HAIL
07/14/95   CROW WING

0500 AM    BRAINERD                  MN    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95   CROW WING                       A FEW TREES BLOWN OVER

0450 AM    LAKE SHORE                MN    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95   CASS                            TREES DOWN

0515 AM    PEQUOT LAKES              MN    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95   CROW WING                       TREES BLOWN DOWN

0600 AM    2 NW FLOODWOOD            MN    WIND DAMAGE
07/14/95   ST LOUIS                        NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN
                                           ALONG AND ABOUT 5 MILES
                                           EITHER SIDE OF HIGHWAY 73
                                           FROM FLOODWOOD TO NEAR
                                           SILICA.  WORST DAMAGE 2 NW
                                           OF FLOODWOOD INCLUDED LARGE
                                           TREES UPROOTED ON HOUSES AND
                                           GARAGES.  MOBILE HOME
                                           OVERTURNED.  ROOF BLOWN OFF
                                           A BARN.

CLC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 6:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHDouglas28 min
Jul 14, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHIron, Price64 min
Jul 14, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPrice62 min
Jul 14, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSawyer, Washburn63 min
Jul 14, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHPrice57 min
Jul 14, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSawyer61 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.