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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 12, 2004Barron County, Dunn County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2004, 9:14 PM CDT for Barron County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2004, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barron County, WI, Dunn County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 9:17 PM CDTHAIL 1.751 W Ridgeland, WI
Jun 12, 9:20 PM CDTHAIL 1.753 E Prairie Farm, WI

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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 2004-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 840 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
840 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1411 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 130214
SVRMPX
WIC005-033-130300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
913 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 911 PM CDT...WEATHER RADARS INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM     
  WITH LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 21 MILES SOUTH OF          
  BARRON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF MENOMONIE...AND MOVING         
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BARRON.
  RICE LAKE.
  PRAIRIE FARM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4511 9215 4506 9172 4562 9156 4558 9187

$$

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.