Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 11:46 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Menomonie, WI | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Jul 23, 11:50 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Menomonie, WI | 14 TO 16 INCH DIAMETER OAK TREE DOWNED...SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED. |
| Jul 23, 11:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Dallas, WI | TREES DOWN |
| Jul 23, 11:56 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dallas, WI | ROADS BLOCKED DUE TO DOWNED TREES...ROOF TORN OFF HOME...NUMEROUS POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Jul 23, 12:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Rock Falls, WI | POWERLINES 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.
| 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, 4.4 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.
- 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 10:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 67 min |
| Jul 23, 11:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire, Pepin | 66 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.