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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 29, 2005Dunn County, Pepin County, Wisconsin

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 11:39 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMenomonie, WINUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN SOUTH SIDE OF CITY.
Jun 29, 11:39 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 67Menomonie, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2111 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 2005-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 283 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

MKM
2 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/RJN
000 
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

$$

MKM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix60 min
Jun 29, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron64 min
Jun 29, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire, Rusk63 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.