Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1995, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rusk County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 190625 RRA SVRMSP WIC017-033-107-190700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 115 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...CHIPPEWA COUNTY...DUNN COUNTY...RUSK COUNTY AT 120 AM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM RICE LAKE SOUTH TO NEW AUBURN AND WHEELER OR...15 MILES NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE. THESE STORMS HAVE HISTORY OF 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS. SOME OF THE TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE....MENOMONIE... CHIPPEWA FALLS AND LADYSMITH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM. PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD GO TO A STORM SHELTER.
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
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 10:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
MNZ004>096-191030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1040 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995 ...A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 951 CANCELLED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... WADENA...TODD...DOUGLAS...POPE...SWIFT...CHIPPEWA AND YELLOW MEDICINE. THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM. DWE
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 11:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
MNZ004>096-191030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1100 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995 ...A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 951 CANCELLED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... LINCOLN...LYON...MURRAY AND NOBLES. THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM. DWE
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 11:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
MNZ004>096-191030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1100 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995 ...A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 951 CANCELLED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... LINCOLN...LYON...MURRAY AND NOBLES. THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM. DWE
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:20 AM CDT, 55 minutes before
MNZ004>096-191030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT DAY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1220 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 ...A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 951 CANCELLED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... ITASCA...SOUTHERN ST LOUIS...AITKIN...CROW WING...CASS...MORRISON... MILLE LACS...BENTON...STEARNS...SHERBURNE...KANDIYOHI....MEEKER... RENVILLE...MC CLEOD...SIBLEY...BROWN...REDWOOD...COTTONWOOD...WATONWAN ...JACKSON. THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM.
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:21 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
MNZ004>096-191030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1220 AM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995 ...A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 951 CANCELLED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... ITASCA...SOUTHERN ST LOUIS...AITKIN...CROW WING...CASS...MORRISON... MILLE LACS...BENTON...STEARNS...SHERBURNE...KANDIYOHI....MEEKER... RENVILLE...MC CLEOD...SIBLEY...BROWN...REDWOOD...COTTONFWOOD...WATONWAN ...JACKSON. THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM.
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:45 AM CDT, 30 minutes before
MNZ004>096-191030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT DAY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1220 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 ...A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 951 CANCELLED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... ITASCA...SOUTHERN ST LOUIS...AITKIN...CROW WING...CASS...MORRISON... MILLE LACS...BENTON...STEARNS...SHERBURNE...KANDIYOHI....MEEKER... RENVILLE...MC CLEOD...SIBLEY...BROWN...REDWOOD...COTTONWOOD...WATONWAN ...JACKSON. THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 35 min |
| Aug 19, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn | 45 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.