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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2005, 6:14 AM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 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
- Aug 8, 2005, 6:14 AM CDT (11:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2005, 7:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Barron County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 6:20 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Haugen, WI |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 3207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1389 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 7.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 081114 SVRMPX WIC005-081215- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0263.050808T1114Z-050808T1215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 614 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 715 AM CDT * AT 614 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BARRON...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICE LAKE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MIKANA... CAMERON... DALLAS... CANTON... SUMNER... CHETEK... 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 4563 9205 4523 9207 4521 9159 4560 9155 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 081125 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 625 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 WIC005-081215- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-050808T1215Z/ BARRON WI- 625 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR BARRON COUNTY... AT 621 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAUGEN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICE LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SUMNER...MIKANA...HILLSDALE... CANTON...BRILL...RICE LAKE...DALLAS...CUMBERLAND...CHETEK...CAMERON AND BARRON. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4563 9205 4524 9202 4525 9159 4562 9157 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 081214 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 713 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 WIC005-081223- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0263.000000T0000Z-050808T1215Z/ BARRON WI- 713 AM CDT MON AUG 8 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BARRON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 715 AM CDT... THE STORMS OVER BARRON COUNTY HAVE EITHER WEAKENED OR MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 715 AM. LAT...LON 4563 9205 4524 9202 4525 9159 4562 9157 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 55 min |
| Aug 8, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 63 min |
| Aug 8, 6:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 48 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.