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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2005, 11:26 PM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 min. 4 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, 11:26 PM CDT (04:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2005, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Barron County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 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, 11:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 W Rice Lake, WI | NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED AND BARN ROOF BLOWN OFF. |
| Jun 29, 11:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rice Lake, WI | NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED. |
| Jun 29, 11:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rice Lake, WI | NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED AND BARN ROOF BLOWN OFF. |
| Jun 29, 11:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rice Lake, WI | TREES UPROOTED. |
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, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 300427 SVRMPX WIC005-300530- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0208.050630T0426Z-050630T0530Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1126 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 1122 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 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMERY TO 16 MILES NORTH OF MENOMONIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BARRON... RICE LAKE... PRAIRIE FARM... CUMBERLAND... CHETEK... 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 4546 9216 4523 9214 4522 9157 4564 9157 $$ MKM
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 300502 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1200 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 WIC005-300530- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0208.000000T0000Z-050630T0530Z/ BARRON WI- 1200 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR BARRON COUNTY... AT 1143 PM...A ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF A BARN 6 MILES WEST OF RICE LAKE... ACCORDING TO A SPOTTER. THE SPOTTER ALSO REPORTED MANY TREES KNOCKED DOWN. AT 1156 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICE LAKE TO 19 MILES SOUTH OF RICE LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CHETEK...CANTON...AND BRILL. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. LAT...LON 4563 9188 4525 9192 4522 9157 4564 9157 $$ MKM/RJN
000 WWUS53 KMPX 300528 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1226 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 WIC005-300540- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0208.000000T0000Z-050630T0530Z/ BARRON WI- 1226 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BARRON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM CDT... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT BLEW THE ROOF OFF A BARN AND DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES IN AND AROUND RICE LAKE HAS MOVED EAST OF THE BARRON COUNTY. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4563 9188 4525 9192 4522 9157 4564 9157 $$ MKM
The 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, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin | 60 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.