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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 10, 1995Barron County, Polk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1995, 1:26 AM CDT for Barron County, Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 1995, 1:26 AM CDT (06:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1995, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:29 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 1995-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1799 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 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 100626 RRA
SVRMSP
WIC005-095-100700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
126 AM CDT MON JUL 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 210 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...WESTERN BARRON COUNTY...EASTERN POLK COUNTY
 
AT 120 AM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED BY DOPPLER RADAR
IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN MOVING TOWARD THE TOWN OF LEWIS OR 20 MILES
NORTH OF BALSAM LAKE.
 
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
 
SOME OF THE TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE...LEWIS...MC KINLE@Y
TURTLE LAKE AND ALMENA.
 
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.
 
 
CARLYON

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.