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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 8, 2004Chippewa County, Dunn County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 2004, 5:40 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 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 8, 2004, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2004, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:43 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
Aug 8, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2004-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 362 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 2004-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-202 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1170 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 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 
WFUS53 KMPX 082240
TORMPX
WIC017-033-082315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
539 PM CDT SUN AUG 8 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 615 PM CDT

* AT 531 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR HAD INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR WHEELER...OR ABOUT 13 MILES 
NORTH OF MENOMONIE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

AT 535 PM...SHERIFF DEPUTY REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR WHEELER. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLFAX.
  NEW AUBURN.
  TAINTER LAKE.
  WHEELER.
  SAND CREEK.

LAT...LON 4515 9198 4497 9194 4500 9149 4523 9155

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn55 min
Aug 8, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce35 min
Aug 8, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa54 min
Aug 8, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Rusk61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.