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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2005Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2005, 8:18 AM CDT for Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 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
Jun 7, 2005, 8:18 AM CDT (13:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2005, 8:52 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2005-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 677 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2005-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
677 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-219 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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 071319
SVRMPX
WIC093-071345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0044.050607T1318Z-050607T1345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
818 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT

* AT 817 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...   
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM  
  WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF ELLSWORTH...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF  
  RIVER FALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELLSWORTH...
  MARTEL...
  BELDENVILLE...
  RIVER FALLS...

LAT...LON 4485 9271 4466 9265 4468 9238 4485 9226

$$

RAH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 071352
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
852 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

WIC093-071402-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0044.000000T0000Z-050607T1345Z/
PIERCE WI-
852 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PIERCE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 845 
AM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PIERCE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AT THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 

RADAR AT 848 AM INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF 
SPRING VALLEY ON SOUTH TO ESDAILE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE 
STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...HAIL UP TO HALF INCH AND WIND 
GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SPRING VALLEY...ELMWOOD...PLUM 
CITY AND MAIDEN ROCK THROUGH 10 AM. 

LAT...LON 4485 9271 4466 9265 4468 9238 4485 9226

$$

RAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix45 min
Jun 7, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk43 min
Jun 7, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron53 min
Jun 7, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron27 min
Jun 7, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn48 min
Jun 7, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn25 min
Jun 7, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron35 min
Jun 7, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce66 min
Jun 7, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn45 min
Jun 7, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk55 min
Jun 7, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa67 min
Jun 7, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa40 min
Jun 7, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron50 min
Jun 7, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn28 min
Jun 7, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk35 min
Jun 7, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire57 min
Jun 7, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa30 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.