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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 246, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 28, 2005Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2005, 3:52 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report 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 28, 2005, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2005, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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 28, 4:10 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Ladysmith, WI

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 2005-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2005-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 282053
SVRMPX
WIC107-282145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0246.050728T2052Z-050728T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
352 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 352 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF LADYSMITH...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LADYSMITH...
  TONY...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4563 9134 4545 9138 4533 9097 4558 9086

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 282114
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
413 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2005

WIC107-282145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0246.000000T0000Z-050728T2145Z/
RUSK WI-
413 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR RUSK
COUNTY...

AT 410 PM CDT HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE WAS REPORTED IN LADYSMITH. 
WITH THIS STORM.

AT 412 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR LADYSMITH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TONY...INGRAM...GLEN 
FLORA...CONRATH.

LAT...LON 4563 9134 4545 9138 4535 9101 4544 9075
      4556 9070

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 282141
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
441 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2005

WIC107-282151-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0246.000000T0000Z-050728T2145Z/
RUSK WI-
441 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RUSK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 445
PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED EAST OF RUSK COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4563 9134 4545 9138 4535 9101 4544 9075
      4556 9070

$$

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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.