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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 9, 2004Barron County, Dunn County, Pepin County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2004, 6:34 PM CDT for Barron County, Dunn County, Pepin County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 min. 3 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
May 9, 2004, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2004, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barron County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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
May 9, 7:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMenomonie, WITREES WERE DOWNED IN MENOMO NIE AND OTTER CREEK TOWNSHIP. THE TIME WAS ESTIMATED.
May 9, 7:00 PM CDTHAIL 0.754 Se Dallas, WI
May 9, 7:07 PM CDTTORNADO4 Se Dallas, WIPOSSIBLE TORNADO PENDING INVESTIGATION IN SIOUX CREEK TOWNSHIP.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 9, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
May 9, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2004-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2004-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-483 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 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 092334
SVRMPX
WIC005-033-091-100015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
634 PM CDT SUN MAY 9 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
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MENOMONIE
  PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DURAND

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 629 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM 14 MILES WEST OF  
  RICE LAKE TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF   ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING EAST   
  AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DURAND.
  MENOMONIE.

LAT...LON 4530 9212 4502 9212 4458 9212 4461 9168
          4474 9168 4527 9168

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk, Saint Croix64 min
May 9, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce67 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.