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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 400, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 21, 2005Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 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 21, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2005, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 21, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2005-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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 2005-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-441 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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 212346
SVRMPX
WIC107-220045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0400.050921T2345Z-050922T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
645 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 640 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM 
  WAS LOCATED 26 MILES WEST OF LADYSMITH...OR ABOUT 8 MILES          
  NORTHEAST OF RICE LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. AT 645 PM      
  THIS STORM PRODUCED BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY OF RICE LAKE
  ACCORDING TO SPOTTERS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LADYSMITH...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4563 9153 4545 9153 4544 9076 4563 9080

$$

RJN/MKM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 220043
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
743 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

WIC107-220053-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0400.000000T0000Z-050922T0045Z/
RUSK WI-
743 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RUSK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745
PM CDT...

THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN 
RUSK COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7:45 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE 
POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 PM. 

LAT...LON 4563 9153 4545 9153 4544 9076 4563 9080

$$

MKM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron47 min
Sep 21, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk56 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.