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Tornado Warning 49, NWS Twin Cities, MN

October 29, 2004Polk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Oct 29, 2004, 6:05 PM CDT for Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 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
Oct 29, 2004, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2004, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Polk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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
Oct 29, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2004-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1021 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 2004-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1021 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 292305
TORMPX
WIC095-292330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
604 PM CDT FRI OCT 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 559 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO...13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BALSAM LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BALSAM LAKE.
  TRADE RIVER.
  TRADE LAKE. 
  MILLTOWN.
  CUSHING.

LAT...LON 4550 9267 4527 9259 4590 9211 4601 9247

$$
WET/MARGRAF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 29, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix40 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Wisconsin, 2004Every tornado warning in 2004Tornadoes 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.