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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2005Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2005, 2:45 PM CDT for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 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 11, 2005, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2005, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Eau Claire County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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 11, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 111945
SVRMPX
WIC035-112030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0093.050611T1945Z-050611T2030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 242 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM
  WAS LOCATED 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLEN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF
  MONDOVI...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALLEN...
  FOSTER...
  BRACKETT...
  FALL CREEK...
  LUDINGTON...

LAT...LON 4446 9177 4436 9156 4487 9100 4481 9143

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk, Saint Croix60 min
Jun 11, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron, Polk, Saint Croix44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.