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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Quad Cities, IA

August 28, 1995Grant County, Wisconsin

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1995, 7:01 PM CDT for Grant County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 1995, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Whole counties

County Grant County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 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 1995-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 526 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 1995-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
526 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDBQ 290001 RRA
SVRDBQ
WIC043-290030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA
701 PM CDT MON AUG 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DUBUQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY
 
AT 658 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM WOODMAN TO BOSCOBEL...OR 40 MILES NORTH OF DUBUQUE. THIS
STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM ARE MILVILLE...MT HOPE...AND FENNIMORE. THESE TOWNS WILL
BE AFFECTED BETWEEN 658 PM AND 730 PM CDT.
 
TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED BLOWN DOWN IN BOSCOBEL AT 655 PM
CDT.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM TAKE SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
 
HUDSON
&
NNNN

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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.