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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 25, 2003Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 2003, 1:47 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 2003, 1:47 PM CDT (18:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2003, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rusk County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 2003-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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 2003-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-429 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1853 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 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 
WUUS53 KMPX 251847
SVRMPX
WIC107-251930-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
147 PM CDT MON AUG 25 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 147 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS 6 MILES NORTH OF WEYERHAEUSER...OR ABOUT 13
  MILES EAST OF RICE LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BRUCE.
  GLEN FLORA.
  LADYSMITH.
  TONY.
  WEYERHAEUSER.

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

LAT...LON 4563 9152 4532 9152 4542 9083 4575 9081

$$
SEB/PI

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.