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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 8, 2005Barron County, Wisconsin

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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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
Aug 8, 6:20 AM CDTHAIL 0.75Haugen, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 8, 5:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3207 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 00:00Z on 2005-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix55 min
Aug 8, 5:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Dunn57 min
Aug 8, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Rusk63 min
Aug 8, 6:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk48 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.