Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2001
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2001, 5:14 PM CDT for Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 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
- Jun 11, 2001, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2001, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Pierce County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 E | Milltown, WI | Numerous trees down, some on houses and vehicles, in a wide swath across the county. One tree fell through a trailer in Balsam Lake. Pole barn collapsed on western edge of Balsam Lake. Tree fell through apartment building in Balsam Lake. Building under constru |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 112216 TORMSP WIC093-112245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 514 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... PIERCE COUNTY IN WISCONSIN * UNTIL 545 PM CDT * AT 514 PM CDT...SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR ESDAILE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF ELLSWORTH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... PLUM CITY. ESDAILE. MAIDEN ROCK. THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA. GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! LAT...LON 4473 9250 4459 9250 4456 9217 4476 9218 &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin | 49 min |
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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.