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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 5, 2005Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2005, 3:14 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 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, 3:14 PM CDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2005, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 052016
TORMPX
WIC107-052045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0017.050605T2014Z-050605T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
314 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

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT

* AT 313 PM CDT...RADAR WAS TRACKING TWO SEVERE STORMS WITH STRONG
  ROTATION. ONE WAS NEAR LADYSMITH...AND THE OTHER WAS 5 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF LADYSMITH...NEAR TONY.  STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GLEN FLORA...
  TONY...
  LADYSMITH...
  RURAL AREAS NORTH OF TONY AND LADYSMITH...
 

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 4564 9125 4541 9111 4547 9071 4563 9072

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 052043
SVSMPX

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

WIC107-052055-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050605T2045Z/
RUSK WI-
343 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR RUSK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT...

BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF RUSK COUNTY...NORTH OF TONY AND
GLEN FLORA.  THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM.  
THE RUSK COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTS ONLY SOME SMALL BRANCHES 
HAVE BEEN DOWNED.

LAT...LON 4564 9125 4541 9111 4547 9071 4563 9072

$$
TDK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Rusk47 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.