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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 24, 2005Chippewa County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 2005, 8:18 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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 24, 2005, 8:18 AM CDT (13:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2005, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chippewa County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 8:22 AM CDTHAIL 1.75Chippewa Falls, WI

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

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 257 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 328 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
328 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-337 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1330 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 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 241318
SVRMPX
WIC017-241400-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0148.050624T1318Z-050624T1400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
818 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 815 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR CHIPPEWA FALLS...OR ABOUT OVER CHIPPEWA FALLS...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CADOTT...
  BOYD...
  STANLEY...
  JIM FALLS...
 
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 4502 9150 4487 9144 4495 9094 4516 9097

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 241325
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
823 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

WIC017-241400-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0148.000000T0000Z-050624T1400Z/
CHIPPEWA WI-
823 AM CDT FRI JUN 24 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR
CHIPPEWA COUNTY...

AT 822 AM HAIL UP TO GOLFBALL SIZE WAS REPORTED JUST NORTHEAST OF 
CHIPPEWA FALLS WITH THIS STORM.

AT 823 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF JIM FALLS AND WAS MOVING EAST 
TO NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE JIM FALLS...BATEMAN...
STANLEY...LAKE WISSOTA...CADOTT AND BOYD.

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 4502 9150 4487 9144 4495 9094 4516 9097

$$

BAP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 6:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce59 min
Jun 24, 7:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn34 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.