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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 14, 1995Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT for Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barron County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2673 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-15The 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
2673 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 150147 RRA
SVRMSP
WIC005-107-150245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
845 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...BARRON COUNTY...WESTERN RUSK COUNTY
 
AT 840 PM...NUMEROUS TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN WESTERN BARRON COUNTY
IN TURTLE LAKE OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICE LAKE. THE STORM IS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. IN ADDITION SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED
WALL CLOUDS IN SOUTHERN BARRON COUNTY NEAR PRAIRIE FARM AND CHETEK.
 
SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE BARRON...RICE
LAKE...WEYERHAUSER...AND BRUCE.
 
MJM/TDK
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa48 min
Jul 14, 9:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk41 min
Jul 15, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin27 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.