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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 29, 2005Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2005, 11:42 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 63 min. 3 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, 11:42 PM CDT (04:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2005, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:46 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 11:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG10 Ne Jim Falls, WINUMEROUS TREES DOWNED.
Jun 29, 11:56 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGWeyerhaeuser, WITREE DOWNED.
Jun 30, 12:05 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGEau Claire, WITREES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 29, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 300443
SVRMPX
WIC017-035-107-300545-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0209.050630T0442Z-050630T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1142 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1134 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 7 MILES      
  NORTHWEST OF RICE LAKE TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONDOVI...AND       
  MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EAU CLAIRE...
  BLOOMER...
  CHIPPEWA FALLS...
  LADYSMITH...
  STANLEY...
  AUGUSTA...

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 4564 9152 4519 9150 4519 9165 4461 9164
      4459 9096 4539 9095 4541 9073 4563 9069

$$

MKM
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 300457
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1155 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

WIC017-035-107-300545-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0209.000000T0000Z-050630T0545Z/
RUSK WI-CHIPPEWA WI-EAU CLAIRE WI-
1155 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR EAU
CLAIRE...CHIPPEWA AND RUSK COUNTIES...

AT 1155 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF 
RICE LAKE TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONDOVI...WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 
MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS LINE OF 
STORMS.

CITIES IN THE PATH INCLUDE...
LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...AND EAU CLAIRE.

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 4564 9152 4519 9150 4519 9165 4461 9164
      4459 9096 4539 9095 4541 9073 4563 9069

$$

MKM/RJN
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 300545
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1243 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

WIC017-035-107-300555-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0209.000000T0000Z-050630T0545Z/
RUSK WI-CHIPPEWA WI-EAU CLAIRE WI-
1243 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAU CLAIRE...CHIPPEWA AND RUSK
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 AM CDT...

THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DOWNED TREES IN WEYERHAUSER 
AND EAU CLAIRE HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

LAT...LON 4564 9152 4519 9150 4519 9165 4461 9164
      4459 9096 4539 9095 4541 9073 4563 9069

$$

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, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin60 min
Jun 29, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.