Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 425, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 4, 2005, 2:54 PM CDT for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 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
- Oct 4, 2005, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2005, 3:21 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Eau Claire County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 1230 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 492 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 041955 SVRMPX WIC035-042100- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0425.051004T1954Z-051004T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 254 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 245 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AUGUSTA...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITEHALL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... AUGUSTA... FAIRCHILD... LAT...LON 4482 9117 4461 9127 4460 9091 4483 9095 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 042004 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 304 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 WIC035-042100- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0425.000000T0000Z-051004T2100Z/ EAU CLAIRE WI- 304 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR EAU CLAIRE COUNTY... AT 259 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...AND THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FAIRCHILD...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF NEILLSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4484 9101 4461 9111 4460 9093 4484 9093 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 042021 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 321 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 WIC035-042031- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0425.000000T0000Z-051004T2100Z/ EAU CLAIRE WI- 321 PM CDT TUE OCT 4 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4484 9101 4461 9111 4460 9093 4484 9093 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 8:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 49 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.