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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 10, 1996Dunn County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 1996, 7:56 PM CDT for Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 1996, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 1996, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Dunn County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 10, 8:00 PM CDTHail 0.75Menomonie, WI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 1996-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 786 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1996-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 110057
SVRMSP
WIC033-110130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
756 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 1996

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DUNN COUNTY - WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    IRVINGTON
    MENOMONIE
    DOWNSVILLE

* AT 750 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MENOMONIE MlOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH LARGE HAIL. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

JJ/EDH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 10, 6:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MNZ011-012-019>021-035>038-043>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-074>079-
082>088-091>096-WIZ024-110300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITES/CHANHASSEN MN
530 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 1996

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS DROPPED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ELY...HIBBING AND
DULUTH...ST. CLOUD...THE TWIN CITIES AND MANKATO.

FAR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GENERALLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
RED WING TO ALBERT LEA...REMAINS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL
8 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING.
WET
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 6:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
MNZ011-012-019>021-035>038-043>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-074>079-
082>088-091>096-110300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO REMOVE WISCONSIN COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITES/CHANHASSEN MN
615 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 1996

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS DROPPED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ELY...HIBBING AND
DULUTH...ST. CLOUD...THE TWIN CITIES AND MANKATO.

FAR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...GENERALLY TO THE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
RED WING TO ALBERT LEA...REMAINS IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL
8 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY EVENING.
WET
Local storm report, Sep 10, 6:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MINNESOTA
644 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0446 PM    CEDAR LAKE TOWNSHIP       WI   WIND DAMAGE
09/10/96   BARRON                         TREES DOWN OVER POWER
                                          LINES

0500 PM    BRUCE                     WI   .75 INCH HAIL
09/10/96   RUSK

0510 PM    BRUCE                     WI   TREES DOWN
09/10/96   RUSK

0528 PM    BARRON                    WI   WIND DAMAGE
09/10/96   BARRON                         TREE DOWN
JPR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.