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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 1999Barron County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1999, 2:58 AM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 23, 1999, 2:58 AM CDT (07:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1999, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Barron County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 3:06 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 55Cameron, WIEstimated winds. Trees down.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 23, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 1999-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3351 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 1999-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
11.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMPX 230800 RRA
SVRMSP
WIC005-230830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
258 AM CDT FRI JUL 23 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BARRON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 258 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER        
  CHETEK...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF RICE LAKE...MOVING EAST        
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  RICE LAKE
  DALLAS
  CHETEK
  CAMERON
  BARRON

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDjS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER
IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk, Saint Croix43 min
Jul 23, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Dunn47 min
Jul 23, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk30 min
Jul 23, 2:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Rusk43 min
Jul 23, 3:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Rusk47 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.