Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 1996, 8:12 PM CDT for Pepin County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 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, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 1996, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pepin County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 8:20 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Arkansaw, 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 110114
SVRMSP
WIC091-110145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
812 PM CDT TUE SEP 10 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
PEPIN COUNTY - WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
ARKANSAW
DURAND
* AT 810 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20
MILES SOUTH OF MENOMONIE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH LARGE HAIL. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
JJ/EDHWhat 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 55 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 52 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 17 minutes 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
JPRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 34 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.