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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2005Polk County, Wisconsin

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 677 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2005-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix45 min
Jun 7, 8:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce34 min
Jun 7, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron53 min
Jun 7, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron27 min
Jun 7, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn48 min
Jun 7, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn25 min
Jun 7, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron35 min
Jun 7, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce66 min
Jun 7, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn45 min
Jun 7, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk55 min
Jun 7, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa67 min
Jun 7, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa40 min
Jun 7, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron50 min
Jun 7, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn28 min
Jun 7, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk35 min
Jun 7, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire57 min
Jun 7, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa30 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.