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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 389, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 12, 2005Barron County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 12, 2005, 11:54 PM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 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
Sep 12, 2005, 11:54 PM CDT (04:54 UTC)
Expired
Sep 13, 2005, 12:39 AM CDT
In force
45 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), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2005-09-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 968 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 2005-09-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
968 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 130455
SVRMPX
WIC005-130600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0389.050913T0454Z-050913T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1154 PM CDT MON SEP 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1152 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED NEAR TURTLE LAKE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES EAST OF BALSAM
  LAKE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ANOTHER STORM WAS 10 MILES 
  WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF PRAIRIE FARM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BARRON...
  RICE LAKE...
  PRAIRIE FARM...
  ALMENA...
  CUMBERLAND...
  POSKIN...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4562 9215 4526 9216 4536 9157 4564 9157

$$

TDK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 130517
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1215 AM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

WIC005-130600-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0389.000000T0000Z-050913T0600Z/
BARRON WI-
1215 AM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR BARRON COUNTY...

AT 1213 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF   
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS 
OF 60 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM RICE LAKE TO CAMERON 
TO DALLAS...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SUMNER...MIKANA AND CANTON.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 4562 9215 4526 9216 4536 9157 4564 9157

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 130539
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1239 AM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

WIC005-130549-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0389.000000T0000Z-050913T0600Z/
BARRON WI-
1239 AM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005

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

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4562 9215 4526 9216 4536 9157 4564 9157

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 12, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Polk, Saint Croix56 min
Sep 13, 12:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.