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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2005Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2005, 6:03 PM CDT for Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 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, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 112303
SVRMPX
WIC109-112345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0095.050611T2303Z-050611T2345Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 601 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF HAMMOND...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF
  ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAMMOND...
  BALDWIN...
  WOODVILLE...
  EMERALD...
  CYLON...
  FOREST...
  DEER PARK...

LAT...LON 4486 9260 4486 9234 4521 9216 4521 9246

$$

RJN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 112330
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
629 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

WIC109-112345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-050611T2345Z/
ST. CROIX WI-
629 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
ST. CROIX COUNTY...

AT 627 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAMMOND...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF NEW
RICHMOND...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE FOREST...EMERALD...CYLON...
WOODVILLE...DEER PARK AND BALDWIN.

LAT...LON 4486 9260 4486 9234 4521 9216 4521 9246

$$

RJN
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 112344
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
642 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

WIC109-112359-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-050611T2345Z/
ST. CROIX WI-
642 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ST. CROIX COUNTY EXPIRED AT 
645 PM CDT...

ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORM 
DEVELOPMENT ACROSS ST. CROIX COUNTY. RESIDENTS OF ST. CROIX COUNTY
CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND 
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THROUGH 730 PM.

LAT...LON 4486 9260 4486 9234 4521 9216 4521 9246

$$
RJN

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, 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

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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.