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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 5, 2005Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2005, 2:28 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 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 5, 2005, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2005, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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 5, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2005-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 201 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 2005-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
201 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 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 
WFUS53 KMPX 051929
TORMPX
WIC017-107-052015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0016.050605T1928Z-050605T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
228 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
  NORTHERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 226 PM CDT...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE STORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION...29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LADYSMITH...OR ABOUT 19 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CHIPPEWA FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LADYSMITH...
  BRUCE...
  ISLAND LAKE...
  RURAL AREAS NORTH OF BLOOMER...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 4521 9154 4511 9156 4528 9107 4551 9108
      4548 9147

$$

TDK
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 051956
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
256 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

WIC017-052002-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050605T2015Z/
CHIPPEWA WI-
256 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHIPPEWA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WITH THE STRONG ROTATION HAD MOVED OUT OF CHIPPEWA 
COUNTY.  A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ACROSS COUNTY ROAD SS AT 234 PM... 
2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW AUBURN.

LAT...LON 4530 9150 4530 9126 4528 9107 4551 9108
      4548 9147

$$

WIC107-052015-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050605T2015Z/
RUSK WI-
256 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR RUSK COUNTY...

AT 247 PM CDT...RADAR WAS STILL SHOWING STRONG ROTATION JUST 
NORTHEAST OF ISLAND LAKE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LADYSMITH. 
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS MAY HAVE A RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO...AND THEREFORE DIFFICULT TO 
SEE. PEOPLE FROM ISLAND LAKE TO BRUCE AND LADYSMITH SHOULD TAKE 
SHELTER NOW.  

A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD AT 234 PM 2 MILES SOUTHEAST 
OF NEW AUBURN.

LAT...LON 4530 9150 4530 9126 4528 9107 4551 9108
      4548 9147

$$
TDK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 3:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRusk31 min
Jun 5, 4:51 PM CDTTornado 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.