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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2005Dunn County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2005, 7:35 PM CDT for Dunn 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, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2005, 8:09 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dunn County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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
Jun 7, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2005-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 395 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 2005-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2261 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 080035
SVRMPX
WIC033-080115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0059.050608T0035Z-050608T0115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 727 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED NEAR WHEELER...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF MENOMONIE...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COLFAX...
  SAND CREEK...
  WHEELER...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4517 9202 4499 9202 4498 9167 4518 9168

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 080049
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
749 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

WIC033-080115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-050608T0115Z/
DUNN WI-
749 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR DUNN
COUNTY...

AT 743 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING 
WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
WHEELER...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF MENOMONIE...MOVING EAST AT 25 
MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SAND CREEK...COLFAX...AND 
WHEELER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4517 9202 4499 9202 4498 9167 4518 9168

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 080109
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
808 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

WIC033-080118-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-050608T0115Z/
DUNN WI-
808 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

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

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS AND WAS LOCATED 4 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF SAND CREEK. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. 
CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR 
FAVORITE TV OR RADIO STATION FOR POSSIBLE FURTHER STATEMENTS AND 
WARNINGS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4517 9202 4499 9202 4498 9167 4518 9168

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn5 hr
Jun 7, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXEau Claire4 hr
Jun 8, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix61 min
Jun 8, 5:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce55 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.