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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 21, 1995Polk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 1995, 9:23 PM CDT for Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 1995, 9:23 PM CDT (02:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 1995, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Polk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 1995-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1285 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1995-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1285 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1034 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
9.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 220225
TORMSP
WIC095-220330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
923 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...POLK COUNTY
 
AT 924 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED TORNADIC ACTIVITY NEAR BALSAM LAKE
OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST. PAUL. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT
10 MPH AND WILL EFFECT THE CITIES OF THE BALSAM LAKE AREA.
 
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...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
 
HOWIESON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPierce18 min
Jul 21, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk58 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.