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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 27, 2005Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2005, 8:13 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 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
Jun 27, 2005, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2005, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 27, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 27, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 198 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 2005-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1221 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
1221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 280114
SVRMPX
WIC107-280215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0170.050628T0113Z-050628T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
813 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 811 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES     
  NORTHEAST OF RICE LAKE TO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LADYSMITH...AND    
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LADYSMITH...
  WEYERHAUSER...
  ISLAND LAKE...
  BRUCE...
  GLEN FLORA...
  CONRATH...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4564 9153 4530 9151 4532 9096 4564 9074

$$

MKM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk25 min
Jun 27, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk54 min
Jun 27, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce50 min
Jun 27, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk60 min
Jun 27, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix46 min
Jun 27, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn57 min
Jun 27, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa58 min
Jun 27, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn64 min
Jun 27, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin56 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.