Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2005, 10:45 PM CDT for Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min. 5 reports 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 29, 2005, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2005, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 10:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | River Falls, WI | FEW TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 29, 11:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ellsworth, WI | FEW TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 29, 11:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Spring Valley, WI | FEW TREES DOWN. |
| Jun 29, 11:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Glenwood City, WI | TWO INCH BRANCHES ALSO DOWNED. |
| Jun 29, 11:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | New Richmond, WI | NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 415 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.1
- Supercell composite
- 18.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 300346 SVRMPX WIC093-109-300445- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0206.050630T0345Z-050630T0445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1045 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1145 PM CDT * AT 1039 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 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW RICHMOND TO RIVER FALLS TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED WING...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELLSWORTH... NEW RICHMOND... RIVER FALLS... ROBERTS... HAMMOND... 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 4514 9264 4464 9263 4457 9218 4515 9216 $$ MKM/RJN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 300434 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1132 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 WIC093-109-300450- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0206.000000T0000Z-050630T0445Z/ ST. CROIX WI-PIERCE WI- 1132 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PIERCE AND ST.CROIX COUNTIES... AT 1130 PM...HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...WAS REPORTED BY SPOTTERS IN GLENWOOD CITY. IN ADDITION...TREE BRANCHES 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER AND 9 FEET LONG WERE DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORM WINDS. AT 1126 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF MENOMONIE TO 10 MILES WEST OF MENOMONIE TO LAKE CITY...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HERSEY...FOREST...EMERALD... CYLON...WOODVILLE AND WILSON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4514 9238 4457 9227 4457 9218 4515 9216 $$ MKM/RJN
000 WWUS53 KMPX 300444 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1145 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 WIC093-109-300455- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0206.000000T0000Z-050630T0445Z/ ST. CROIX WI-PIERCE WI- 1145 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PIERCE AND ST. CROIX COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1145 PM CDT... THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4514 9238 4457 9227 4457 9218 4515 9216 $$ MKM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire, Rusk | 63 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.