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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 13, 1997Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1997, 8:55 PM CDT for Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1997, 8:55 PM CDT (01:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1997, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 13, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 349 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1997-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2980 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1997-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2980 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 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 140156 RRA
SVRMSP
WIC109-140245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
855 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  ST CROIX COUNTY - WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    HUDSON
    NEW RICHMOND
    SOMERSET

* AT 853 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS
  FROM STILLWATER TO HASTINGS.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45
  MPH.

60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED AT WOODBURY AT 846 PM.  THIS IS A
DANGEROUS STORM. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

HAMEN
 

&

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, Jul 13, 7:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
MNZ047-054-064-140145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN/TWIN CITIES MN
746 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 599 HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA...

STEVENS    LAC QUI PARLE   YELLOW MEDICINE

THE WATCH STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL
1000 PM TONIGHT.

JVM
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 7:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
MNZ047-054-064-140145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN/TWIN CITIES MN
746 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 599 HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA...

STEVENS    LAC QUI PARLE   YELLOW MEDICINE

THE WATCH STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL
1000 PM TONIGHT.

JVM
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 8:45 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
MNZ048-055>057-065-073-074-082-091-140230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
845 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CLEARED OR CANCELLED FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA...

POPE    SWIFT     CHIPPEWA     KANDIYOHI    RENVILLE    REDWOOD
BROWN   WATONWAN  MARTIN

THE WATCH STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT0 FOR A SMALL PORTION OF WEST
CENTRL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 1000 PM.  ANOTHER WATCH
CONTINUES FOR EASTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

AT 840 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS
OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

JVM
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 8:47 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
MNZ048-055>057-065-073-074-082-091-140230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
845 PM CDT SUN JUL 13 1997

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CLEARED OR CANCELLED FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA...

POPE    SWIFT     CHIPPEWA     KANDIYOHI    RENVILLE    REDWOOD
BROWN   WATONWAN  MARTIN

THE WATCH STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT0 FOR A SMALL PORTION OF WEST
CENTRL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 100|0 PM.  ANOTHER WATCH
CONTINUES FOR EASTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

AT 840 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS
OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

JVM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 9:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce49 min
Jul 13, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.