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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 19, 1995Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1995, 12:55 AM CDT for Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1995, 12:55 AM CDT (05:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1995, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 190600 RRA
SVRMSP
WIC093-095-190630-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED...FOR SOUTHERN ST CROIX COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1255 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN PIERCE AND SOUTHERN ST CROIX COUNTIES
 
AT 1250 AM...DOPPLER RARDAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM ROBERTS TO RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN...OR 20 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN
ST PAUL.
 
THIS LINE HAS A HISTORY 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS.
 
SOME OF THE TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE...RIVER
FALLS...BALDWIN...PRESCOTT AND ELLSWORTH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR PROTECTION
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM.  PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD GFO
TO A STORM SHELTER.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 12:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk, Saint Croix31 min
Aug 19, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron60 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.