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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2005, 3:37 PM CDT for Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 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 7, 2005, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2005, 4:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Polk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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 7, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 677 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 072040 TORMPX WIC095-072115- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0019.050607T2037Z-050607T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 337 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 334 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BALSAM LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS RECEIVED BY THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AT 335 PM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BALSAM LAKE... AMERY... CENTURIA... MILL TOWN... RANGE... MOVE INDOORS AND SEEK SHELTER NOW. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4545 9269 4528 9260 4530 9218 4563 9219 $$ RAH
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 072058 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 359 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 WIC095-072115- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050607T2115Z/ POLK WI- 359 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR POLK COUNTY... AT 355 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF RANGE...OR ABOUT OVER BALSAM LAKE... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MCKINLEY AND JOEL. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4551 9249 4529 9228 4530 9217 4563 9218 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 072120 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 419 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 WIC095-072127- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-050607T2115Z/ POLK WI- 419 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR POLK COUNTY HAS EXPIRED AT 415 PM CDT... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM REMAINS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TURTLE LAKE...AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 20 MPH. NO REPORTS OF A TORNADO HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR YOUR FAVORITE TV OR RADIO STATION IN CASE THIS STORM REINTENSIFIES. LAT...LON 4551 9249 4529 9228 4530 9217 4563 9218 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 8:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Barron | 27 min |
| Jun 7, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dunn | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Barron | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 66 min |
| Jun 7, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dunn | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 67 min |
| Jun 7, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 57 min |
| Jun 7, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 30 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.