Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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
$$
TDK1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KMPX 051956
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
256 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005
WIC017-052002-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-050605T2015Z/
CHIPPEWA WI-
256 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHIPPEWA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WITH THE STRONG ROTATION HAD MOVED OUT OF CHIPPEWA
COUNTY. A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ACROSS COUNTY ROAD SS AT 234 PM...
2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW AUBURN.
LAT...LON 4530 9150 4530 9126 4528 9107 4551 9108
4548 9147
$$
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
$$
TDKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rusk | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 42 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.