Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2005, 11:15 PM CDT for Dunn County, Pepin County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min. 2 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, 11:15 PM CDT (04:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2005, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 11:39 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Menomonie, WI | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN SOUTH SIDE OF CITY. |
| Jun 29, 11:39 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 67 | Menomonie, WI |
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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 300417
SVRMPX
WIC033-091-300515-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0207.050630T0415Z-050630T0515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1115 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
* AT 1109 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 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MENOMONIE TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DURAND...AND
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF CAUSING POWER OUTAGES IN ST CROIX
COUNTY AND DOWNING TREE LIMBS IN PIERCE COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DURAND...
MENOMONIE...
ARKANSAW...
WHEELER...
BOYCEVILLE...
RIDGELAND...
PEPIN...
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 4520 9215 4454 9212 4452 9229 4443 9210
4460 9202 4462 9168 4520 9167
$$
MKM2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 300452
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1150 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
WIC033-091-300515-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-050630T0515Z/
DUNN WI-PEPIN WI-
1150 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR
PEPIN AND DUNN COUNTIES...
AT 1139 PM...DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 67 MPH WERE REPORTED IN MENOMONIE.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS
AT 1147 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES SOUTH
OF RICE LAKE TO MONDOVI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CARYVILLE...WHEELER...TAINTER
LAKE...MENOMONIE...ELK MOUND AND COLFAX.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4517 9202 4459 9195 4463 9195 4462 9168
4520 9167
$$
MKM/RJN000
WWUS53 KMPX 300511
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1211 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2005
WIC033-091-300521-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-050630T0515Z/
DUNN WI-PEPIN WI-
1211 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PEPIN AND DUNN COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 1215 AM CDT...
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4517 9202 4459 9195 4463 9195 4462 9168
4520 9167
$$
MKMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 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.