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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 241, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2005, 11:08 AM CDT for Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 67 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2005, 11:08 AM CDT (16:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2005, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 883 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1174 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 231608 SVRMPX WIC093-231715- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0241.050723T1608Z-050723T1715Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1108 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1215 PM CDT * AT 1104 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ELLSWORTH TO 14 MILES WEST OF ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELLSWORTH... RIVER FALLS... MARTELL... THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM AND HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY DAMAGING WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4485 9271 4473 9278 4467 9216 4484 9217 $$ KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 231712 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1212 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 WIC093-231722- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0241.000000T0000Z-050723T1715Z/ PIERCE WI- 1212 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PIERCE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1215 PM CDT... THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR PIERCE COUNTY HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4485 9271 4473 9278 4467 9216 4484 9217 $$ KAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn | 66 min |
| Jul 23, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire, Pepin | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.