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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 13, 1995Pepin County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 7:28 PM CDT for Pepin County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 1995, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1995, 8:01 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Pepin County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 1995-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1246 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1995-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 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
1246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
8.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 140032 RRA
SVRMSP
WIC017-035-091-107-140130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
728 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
 ...CHIPPEWA COUNTY...EAU CLAIRE COUNTY...RUSK COUNTY...PEPIN COUNTY...
 
AT 725 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
DURAND TO 15 MILES EAST OF MENONOMIE TO JUST EAST OF CAMERON. THIS LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS 12 MILES WEST OF EAU CLAIRE AND WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 25 MPH.
 
SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA
FALLS...EAU CLAIRE AND DURAND. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE KNOCKED DOWN
TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS AREAS OF BARRON AND DUNN COUNTIES. EXPECT
DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS WITH THESE
STORMS.
 
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.
WH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire, Rusk62 min

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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.