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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 2005Barron County, Dunn County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2005, 11:24 AM CDT for Barron County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 66 min. 5 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
Jul 23, 2005, 11:24 AM CDT (16:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2005, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barron County, WI, Dunn County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 11:46 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGMenomonie, WITREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
Jul 23, 11:50 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 N Menomonie, WI14 TO 16 INCH DIAMETER OAK TREE DOWNED...SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED.
Jul 23, 11:55 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Dallas, WITREES DOWN
Jul 23, 11:56 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGDallas, WIROADS BLOCKED DUE TO DOWNED TREES...ROOF TORN OFF HOME...NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN.
Jul 23, 12:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Rock Falls, WIPOWERLINES DOWN

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
Jul 23, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 883 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 12:00Z on 2005-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 231624
SVRMPX
WIC005-033-231730-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0242.050723T1624Z-050723T1730Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1124 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
  DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1230 PM CDT

* AT 1122 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 34 MILES
  WEST OF BARRON TO 24 MILES WEST OF MENOMONIE...AND MOVING EAST AT  
  45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MENOMONIE...
  BARRON...
  RICE LAKE...
  TURTLE LAKE...
  RIDGELAND...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM THAT HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 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 4563 9214 4474 9213 4470 9167 4563 9169

$$

KAT
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 231726
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1226 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

WIC005-033-231736-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0242.000000T0000Z-050723T1730Z/
BARRON WI-DUNN WI-
1226 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DUNN AND BARRON COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 1230 PM CDT...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR DUNN AND BARRON COUNTIES 
HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4563 9214 4474 9213 4470 9167 4563 9169

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 10:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk, Saint Croix62 min
Jul 23, 11:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce67 min
Jul 23, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire, Pepin66 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.