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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 12, 1995Barron County, Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 1995, 8:20 AM CDT for Barron County, Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1995, 8:20 AM CDT (13:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1995, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 1995-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3020 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 1995-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3020 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-235 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1326 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
276 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 121321
TORMSP
WIC005-017-107-121400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
820 AM CDT WED JUL 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...EASTERN BARRON COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY
   ...WESTERN RUSK COUNTY
 
AT 815 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF RICE LAKE WISCONSIN. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
CITIES IN THE PATH BY 9 AM...INCLUDE WEYERHAUSER...BRUCE...AND NEW
AUBURN.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR STAIRWAY TO AVOID COLLAPSING
WALLS.  IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN A CENTRAL
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
USE BLANKETS...P~ILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
 
 
NAISTAT

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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.