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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 19, 19964 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1996, 1:59 AM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 76 min. 9 reports 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
May 19, 1996, 1:59 AM CDT (06:59 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1996, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
76 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 19, 2:10 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70Connorsville, WI
May 19, 2:15 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70Rock Falls, WI
May 19, 2:30 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 75Porcupine, WI
May 19, 2:45 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70Pepin, WI
May 19, 2:50 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60New Auburn, WI
May 19, 3:00 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 65Cadott, WI
May 19, 3:00 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 67Eau Claire, WI
May 19, 3:10 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 65Boyd, WI
May 19, 3:25 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Augusta, 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 1996-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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 1996-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-231 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 190701
SVRMSP
MNC049-WIC005-017-033-035-091-093-095-107-109-190815-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
159 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
 
   ...GOODHUE COUNTY
 
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...BARRON COUNTY...WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...DUNN COUNTY
   ...WESTERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY...PEPIN COUNTY...PIERCE COUNTY
   ...POLK COUNTY...RUSK COUNTY...ST CROIX COUNTY
 
AT 155 AM CDT...A SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME PORTION OF WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. EXTREMLY DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH SEMI-TRUCK BLOWN
OVER WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN MINNESOTA. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITIES OF CANNON
FALLS...ELLSWORTH..RIVER FALLS...MENOMONIE...EAU CfLAIRE...RICE LAKE AND
ST CROIX.
 
WINDS GREATER THAN 75 MPH MAKE THIS A DANGEROUS STORM.  GET READY
FOR DAMAGING WINDS. MOBILE HOME RESIDENTS SHOULD GO TO A SHELTER.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 11:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk, Saint Croix54 min
May 19, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk53 min
May 19, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Rusk62 min
May 19, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk62 min
May 19, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce58 min
May 19, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix58 min
May 19, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix76 min
May 19, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce76 min
May 19, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire60 min
May 19, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.