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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 8, 2005Dunn County, Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2005, 5:05 AM CDT for Dunn County, Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report 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, 5:05 AM CDT (10:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2005, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
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 nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 081006
SVRMPX
WIC033-091-093-081100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0090.050608T1005Z-050608T1100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 502 AM 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 14 MILES WEST
  OF MENOMONIE TO 12 MILES WEST OF DURAND TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF   
  DURAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DURAND...
  MENOMONIE...
  SPRING VALLEY...
  PLUM CITY...
  ROCK FALLS...
  KNAPP...  

LAT...LON 4494 9214 4485 9213 4486 9254 4461 9256
      4456 9231 4447 9229 4445 9211 4463 9195
      4461 9170 4462 9169 4492 9168

$$

KAT
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 081041
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
540 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

WIC093-081050-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-050608T1100Z/
PIERCE WI-
540 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

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

STORMS HAVE MOVE OUT OF PIERCE COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS 
BEEN CANCELED.

LAT...LON 4492 9209 4483 9209 4478 9209 4453 9209
      4452 9209 4445 9211 4445 9211 4463 9195
      4461 9170 4462 9169 4492 9168

$$

WIC033-091-081100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-050608T1100Z/
DUNN WI-PEPIN WI-
540 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR PEPIN
AND DUNN COUNTIES...

AT 539 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. 
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MENOMONIE TO 
6 MILES EAST OF DURAND TO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORCUPINE...OR ALONG 
A LINE EXTENDING FROM MENOMONIE TO 6 MILES EAST OF DURAND TO 7 MILES 
NORTH OF ALMA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ROCK FALLS...EAU GAULLE...
ARKANSAW AND ELK MOUND.

LAT...LON 4492 9209 4483 9209 4478 9209 4453 9209
      4452 9209 4445 9211 4445 9211 4463 9195
      4461 9170 4462 9169 4492 9168

$$

KAT
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 081058
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
557 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

WIC033-091-081107-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-050608T1100Z/
DUNN WI-PEPIN WI-
557 AM CDT WED JUN 8 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PEPIN AND DUNN COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 600 AM CDT...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN DUNN AND 
PEPIN COUNTIES BUT HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. 
THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

LAT...LON 4492 9209 4483 9209 4478 9209 4453 9209
      4452 9209 4445 9211 4445 9211 4463 9195
      4461 9170 4462 9169 4492 9168

$$

KAT

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, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.