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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 6, 1995Chippewa County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 1995, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Chippewa County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 1995-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1389 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 1995-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 225 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1389 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 062234 RRA
SVRMSP
WIC017-035-062330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
530 PM CDT WED SEP 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...SOUTHERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...EAU CLAIRE COUNTY
 
AT 530 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLFAX...OR 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MENOMONIE. AT 525 PM GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT
COLFAX. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT CHIPPEWA
FALLS...AND EAU CLAIRE.
 
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 GO
TO A STORM SHELTER.
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce42 min
Sep 6, 4:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn53 min
Sep 6, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire29 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.