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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Quad Cities, IA

July 4, 1995Grant County, Wisconsin

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1995, 9:04 PM CDT for Grant County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1995, 9:04 PM CDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Grant County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1995-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 403 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1995-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 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
403 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1293 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSN 050204 RRA
SVRDBQ
WIC043-050300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA
ISSUED BY MADISON WI
904 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
 
   ...GRANT COUNTY
 
AT 858PM CDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR FROM
DUBUQUE IOWA TO WYALUSING WISCONSIN...OR 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUBUQUE
IOWA...MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE...POTOSI...NORTH ANDOVER...
LANCASTER...PLATTEVILLE...MT HOPE AND CASTLE ROCK.
 
SOME OF THESE STORMS HAVE HAD 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
 
IF THESE STORMS APPROACH YOU...SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTE6RIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
STIMACH
 
 
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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.