Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
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, 11:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 10 Ne Jim Falls, WI | NUMEROUS TREES DOWNED. |
| Jun 29, 11:56 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Weyerhaeuser, WI | TREE DOWNED. |
| Jun 30, 12:05 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Eau Claire, WI | TREES 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.
| 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, 4.7 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.
- 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 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
$$
MKM2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 300457
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1155 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
WIC017-035-107-300545-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0209.000000T0000Z-050630T0545Z/
RUSK WI-CHIPPEWA WI-EAU CLAIRE WI-
1155 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR EAU
CLAIRE...CHIPPEWA AND RUSK COUNTIES...
AT 1155 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
RICE LAKE TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONDOVI...WAS MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS LINE OF
STORMS.
CITIES IN THE PATH INCLUDE...
LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...AND EAU CLAIRE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 4564 9152 4519 9150 4519 9165 4461 9164
4459 9096 4539 9095 4541 9073 4563 9069
$$
MKM/RJN000
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
$$
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, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron | 64 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.