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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 19, 1995Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1995, 12:14 AM CDT for Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1995, 12:14 AM CDT (05:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1995, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 1995-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1708 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1995-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 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 KMSP 190514 RRA
SVRMSP
WIC095-109-190545-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1214 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...POLK COUNTY...ST CROIX COUNTY
 
AT 1210 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE
MINNESOTA WISCONSIN BORDER. THIS STORM HAD A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS.
SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH WERE BALSAM LAKE...HUDSON...BALDWIN AND AMERY.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDER4STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING.  STAY INDOORS...REMAIN CALM AND BE READY TO MOVE
QUICKLY TO THE BASEMENT.
 SCOTT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron60 min
Aug 19, 12:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce35 min
Aug 19, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn45 min
Aug 19, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.