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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 273, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 9, 2005Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2005, 1:21 PM CDT for Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 min. 2 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
Aug 9, 2005, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2005, 2:23 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barron County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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 9, 1:30 PM CDTHAIL 0.752 E Cameron, WI
Aug 9, 1:48 PM CDTHAIL 1.51 W Weyerhaeuser, WIALONG HIGHWAY 8.

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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2005-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2206 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 2005-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
2206 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-12 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 091821
SVRMPX
WIC005-107-091915-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0273.050809T1821Z-050809T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
121 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 215 PM CDT

* AT 118 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR BARRON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICE LAKE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LADYSMITH...
  RICE LAKE...
  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 4549 9191 4531 9187 4535 9097 4562 9128

$$

JPR
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 091849
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
149 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

WIC005-091859-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-050809T1915Z/
BARRON WI-
149 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BARRON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4561 9154 4530 9153 4535 9097 4562 9120

$$

WIC107-091915-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-050809T1915Z/
RUSK WI-
149 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR RUSK
COUNTY...

AT 148 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WEYERHAEUSER...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF 
LADYSMITH...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ISLAND LAKE...LADYSMITH...
CONRATH AND BRUCE.

LAT...LON 4561 9154 4530 9153 4535 9097 4562 9120

$$
JPR
JPR
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 091901
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
159 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

WIC107-091915-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-050809T1915Z/
RUSK WI-
159 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR RUSK
COUNTY...

AT 148 PM...ONE AND ONE QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 
WEYERHAEUSER.

AT 156 PM CDT... RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR ISLAND LAKE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
LADYSMITH...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WEYERHAEUSER...AND CONRATH.

LAT...LON 4561 9154 4530 9153 4535 9097 4562 9120

$$

JPR
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 091923
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
223 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

WIC107-091933-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0273.000000T0000Z-050809T1915Z/
RUSK WI-
223 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RUSK COUNTY EXPIRED AT 215 PM 
CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. 

LAT...LON 4561 9154 4530 9153 4535 9097 4562 9120

$$
JPR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa30 min
Aug 9, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix59 min
Aug 9, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa57 min
Aug 9, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn54 min
Aug 9, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin, Pierce46 min
Aug 9, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Eau Claire64 min

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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.