Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 294, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2005, 4:43 PM CDT for Dunn County, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2005, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2005, 5:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 9, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 092144
SVRMPX
WIC033-035-092245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0294.050809T2143Z-050809T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
443 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 439 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MENOMONIE TO
ROCK FALLS AND NEAR DURAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAU CLAIRE...
DOWNSVILLE...
ROCK FALLS...
ALTOONA...
CLEGHORN...
STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4498 9198 4469 9199 4470 9163 4462 9163
4460 9097 4484 9095 4485 9165 4495 9167
$$
DWE2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 092223
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
521 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005
WIC033-092231-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-050809T2245Z/
DUNN WI-
521 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DUNN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4484 9150 4472 9151 4462 9152 4460 9097
4484 9095
$$
WIC035-092245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-050809T2245Z/
EAU CLAIRE WI-
521 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 545 PM FOR
EAU CLAIRE COUNTY...
AT 518 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLEGHORN...
BRACKETT AND FOSTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LUDINGTON...ALLEN...FALL
CREEK...AUGUSTA AND ALTOONA...AND FAIRCHILD.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS
LAT...LON 4484 9150 4472 9151 4462 9152 4460 9097
4484 9095
$$
DWE000
WWUS53 KMPX 092247
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
547 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005
WIC035-092259-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0294.000000T0000Z-050809T2245Z/
EAU CLAIRE WI-
547 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAU CLAIRE COUNTY EXPIRED AT
545 PM CDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EXITED THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE
COUNTY. THEREFORE THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4484 9150 4472 9151 4462 9152 4460 9097
4484 9095
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 62 min |
| Aug 9, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 59 min |
| Aug 9, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 57 min |
| Aug 9, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 54 min |
| Aug 9, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pepin, Pierce | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.