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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 8, 2005Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2005, 4:14 AM CDT for Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2005, 4:14 AM CDT (09:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2005, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:14 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 4:55 AM CDTHAIL 0.882 Sw Hammond, WI
Jun 8, 4:55 AM CDTHAIL 14 N Hager City, WI
Jun 8, 5:10 AM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 E Bay City, WILARGE TREE DOWN OVER ROAD.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 080916
SVRMPX
WIC093-109-081015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0086.050608T0914Z-050608T1015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
414 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 515 AM CDT

* AT 409 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE           
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING       
  WINDS. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR WHITE  
  BEAR LAKE TO HASTINGS.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40   
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RIVER FALLS...
  NEW RICHMOND...
  ELLSWORTH...
  BALDWIN...

LAT...LON 4457 9247 4460 9217 4520 9220 4520 9271
      4474 9272

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn34 min
Jun 7, 7:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn5 hr
Jun 7, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXEau Claire4 hr
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.