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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2005Barron County, Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2005, 2:15 PM CDT for Barron County, Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min. 4 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 11, 2005, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2005, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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 11, 2:25 PM CDTTORNADO1 N Emerald, WICONSIDERABLE DEBRIS REPORTED.
Jun 11, 2:37 PM CDTTORNADO15 N Baldwin, WIREPORTED BY AMBULANCE DRIVER
Jun 11, 2:52 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD4 Sw Turtle Lake, WI
Jun 11, 2:56 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGAlmena, WICONSIDERABLE WIND DAMAGE

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 11, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2005-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 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 111915
SVRMPX
WIC005-095-109-112015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0092.050611T1915Z-050611T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
215 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
  BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
  ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 211 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES
  SOUTH OF AMERY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW RICHMOND...AND
  MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AMERY...
  TURTLE LAKE...

LAT...LON 4502 9255 4496 9230 4570 9187 4578 9224

$$

RJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron, Polk, Saint Croix44 min
Jun 11, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire45 min
Jun 11, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron49 min
Jun 11, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSaint Croix29 min
Jun 11, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix44 min
Jun 11, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron35 min
Jun 11, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix42 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.