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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 384

June 5, 19976 counties in Minnesota; 15 counties in Wisconsin

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 5, 1997, 1:15 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota; 15 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1997, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1997, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties

Fillmore County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Houston County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Buffalo County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI, Wood County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire38 min
Jun 5, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson64 min
Jun 5, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXOlmsted45 min
Jun 5, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark46 min
Jun 5, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinona46 min
Jun 5, 1:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTrempealeau46 min
Jun 5, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXOlmsted42 min
Jun 5, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark47 min
Jun 5, 2:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore52 min
Jun 5, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson, Trempealeau61 min
Jun 5, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXHouston, Winona64 min
Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson30 min
Jun 5, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau, Monroe60 min
Jun 5, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinona33 min
Jun 5, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningARXWinona35 min

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 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 12:00Z on 1997-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1278 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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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.