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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 13, 1995Barron County, Dunn County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT for Barron County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barron County, WI, Dunn County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 194 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1995-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
194 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-328 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1129 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 132346 RRA
SVRMSP
WIC005-033-140030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
645 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...BARRON COUNTY...DUNN COUNTY
 
AT 623 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN INTENSE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM MCKINLEY TO CLEAR LAKE TO GLENWOOD CITY. THIS LINE OF OF
STORMS WAS 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICE LAKE AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
 
SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BARRON...RICE LAKE...
WHEELER AND MENONONIE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE DAMAGINWINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO HAVE A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH FLOODING OF URBAN AND LOW LYING AREAS.
 
WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...STAY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING.  PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL BY
KEEPING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  LISTEN TO YOUR RADIO OR TELEVISION...
BUT TURN OFF ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.  DO NOT USE THE
PHONE DURING PERIODS OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Aug 13, 4:41 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
441 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995

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

1535       NEAR SPICER               MN   TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
           10 NNE OF WILLMAR
           KANDIYOHI CO.

 MJM
Local storm report, Aug 13, 5:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
500 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995

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

1638       BUFFALO                   MN   FEW TREES BLOWN OVER SIZE
           WRIGHT CO.                     UNKNOWN

MMF
Local storm report, Aug 13, 5:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
500 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995

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

1638       BUFFALO           <        MN   FEW TREES BLOWN OVER SIZE
           WRIGHT CO.                     UNKNOWN

MMF
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 6:25 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
MNZ004>096-140300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
625 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995

THE NATIONAL SEVERE SERVICE HAS CLEARED A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 936.

THE AREA LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR DULTUH...TO WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS
...AND FAIRMONT IS CLEARED FROM THE WATCH.

THE COUNTIES REMAINING IN THE WATCH ARE CARLTON...PINE...KANABEC...
ISANTI...CHISAGO...ANOKA...WASHINGTON...HENNEPIN...RAMSEY...CARVER...
SCOTT...DAKOTA...LE SUEUR...BLUE EARTH...FARIBAULT...RICE....GOODHUE...
WABASHA...WINONA....OLMSTED...DODGE...STEELE...WASECA...BLUE EARTH
WASECA...FREEBORN...MOWER...FILLMORE AND HOUSTON.

THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREAS REMAINS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA LATER
THIS EVENING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE. PERSONS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA
SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 DWE
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 6:28 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
MNZ004>096-140300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
625 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995

THE NATIONAL SEVERE SERVICE HAS CLEARED A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH NUMBER 936.

THE AREA LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR DULTUH...TO WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS
...AND FAIRMONT IS CLEARED FROM THE WATCH.

THE COUNTIES REMAINING IN THE WATCH ARE CARLTON...PINE...KANABEC...
ISANTI...CHISAGO...ANOKA...WASHINGTON...HENNEPIN...RAMSEY...CARVER...
SCOTT...DAKOTA...LE SUEUR...BLUE EARTH...FARIBAULT...RICE....GOODHUE...
WABASHA...WINONA....OLMSTED...DODGE...STEELE...WASECA...BLUE EARTH
WASECA...FREEBORN...MOWER...FILLMORE AND HOUSTON.

THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREAS REMAINS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA LATER
THIS EVENING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE. PERSONS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA
SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
FROM THLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
 DWE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSaint Croix46 min
Aug 12, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn43 min
Aug 12, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce47 min
Aug 13, 12:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce3 hr
Aug 13, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk, Saint Croix46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.