Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2001, 9:15 AM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2001, 9:15 AM CDT (14:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2001, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Rusk County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 9:30 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Ladysmith, WI | Swath of hail reported from the Bruce area to 5 miles south of Ladysmith. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 9:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 443 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 539 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 141415 SVRMSP WIC107-141500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 915 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RUSK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1000 AM CDT * AT 912 AM CDT...LOCAL DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF BRUCE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LADYSMITH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. AT 910 AM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL...8 MILES NORTH OF BRUCE * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... SHELDON LADYSMITH. CONRATH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 4552 9141 4531 9120 4540 9092 4561 9119 $>$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 59 min |
| May 14, 9:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 23 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.