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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 18, 2004Barron County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2004, 2:16 AM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 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
Apr 18, 2004, 2:16 AM CDT (07:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2004, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barron County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 18, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2004-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2026 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
489 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

482 
WUUS53 KMPX 180716
SVRMPX
WIC005-180745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
216 AM CDT SUN APR 18 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 216 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRAIRIE FARM...OR ABOUT 18 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF AMERY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH LARGE HAIL...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4562 9211 4524 9211 4522 9192 4524 9158
          4536 9157 4563 9158

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire28 min
Apr 17, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa55 min
Apr 18, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce67 min
Apr 18, 1:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron41 min
Apr 18, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix38 min
Apr 18, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin48 min
Apr 18, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk46 min
Apr 18, 2:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn51 min
Apr 18, 2:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix36 min
Apr 18, 2:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire, Pepin48 min
Apr 18, 7:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk36 min
Apr 18, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk48 min
Apr 18, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.