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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 414, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 21, 2005Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2005, 8:38 PM CDT for Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 67 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, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2005, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2005-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2043 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 2005-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 274 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
2043 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
9.6

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 220138
SVRMPX
WIC109-220245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0414.050922T0138Z-050922T0245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 836 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 CYLON TO 15
  MILES SOUTH OF HAMMOND...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HERSEY...
  GLENWOOD CITY...
  WILSON...
  BALDWIN...
  WOODVILLE..

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4520 9250 4487 9266 4487 9215 4519 9218

$$

MKM
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 220223
SVSMPX

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

WIC109-220245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0414.000000T0000Z-050922T0245Z/
ST. CROIX WI-
922 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR ST. CROIX COUNTY...

AT 920 PM CDT...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 CYLON TO 7
MILES WEST OF ROBERTS...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE HOULTON...HERSEY...FOREST...
EMERALD...WOODVILLE...WILSON...HAMMOND...GLENWOOD CITY...DEER PARK
AND BALDWIN.

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 4520 9250 4487 9266 4487 9215 4519 9218

$$

MKM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk29 min
Sep 21, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron61 min
Sep 21, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk62 min
Sep 21, 7:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBarron3 hr
Sep 21, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix65 min
Sep 21, 7:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXPolk3 hr
Sep 21, 7:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXSaint Croix3 hr
Sep 21, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Dunn61 min
Sep 21, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce55 min
Sep 21, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk32 min
Sep 21, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.