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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 27, 2005Dunn County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2005, 8:56 PM CDT for Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 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, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dunn County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 27, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr
Jun 27, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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°0°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 280157
SVRMPX
WIC033-280300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0172.050628T0156Z-050628T0300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 854 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 EXTENDING FROM 15      
  MILES NORTHWEST OF CHIPPEWA FALLS TO 12 MILES EAST OF ELLSWORTH... 
  AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELK MOUND...
  CARYVILLE...
  ROCK FALLS...
  MENOMONIE...
  DOWNSVILLE...
  MERIDIAN...
  EAU GALLE...

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 4510 9166 4487 9211 4470 9212 4470 9168
      4487 9167

$$

MKM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 280259
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
958 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

WIC033-280308-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0172.000000T0000Z-050628T0300Z/
DUNN WI-
958 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DUNN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1000 PM CDT...

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING FOR DUNN COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM.  

LAT...LON 4510 9166 4487 9211 4470 9212 4470 9168
      4487 9167

$$

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, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk62 min
Jun 27, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa58 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.