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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 14, 1995Barron County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Barron County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 1995-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2577 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 1995-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
2577 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 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 142331 RRA
SVRMSP
WIC005-150000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
630 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN BARRON COUNTY
 
AT 630 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR HAUGEN OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF RICE LAKE. ONE INCH HAIL HAS BEEN
REPORTED WITH THIS STORM...AND RADAR INDICATES UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN NEAR THE CUMBERLAND AREA. A BOY SCOUT CAMP NEAR HAUGEN ALSO
REPORTED 1/2 INCH HAIL AROUND 625 PM...AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED BETWEEN CUMBERLAND AND RICE LAKE AT 627 PM.
 
THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAS SLOWLY AND ENTER WASHBURN
COUNTY IN THE SARONA AND BIRCHWOOD AREAS.
 
MJM
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron29 min
Jul 14, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron27 min
Jul 14, 6:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pierce47 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.