Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2005, 4:48 PM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 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, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Barron County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 072149 TORMPX WIC005-072215- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0020.050607T2148Z-050607T2215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 448 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 515 PM CDT * AT 444 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILE WEST OF ALMENA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CUMBERLAND... HAUGEN... COMSTOCK... RICE LAKE... 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 4557 9209 4541 9209 4554 9157 4564 9177 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 072202 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 501 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 WIC005-072215- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-050607T2215Z/ BARRON WI- 501 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR BARRON COUNTY... AT 500 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS TRACKING A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 1 MILE NORTH OF ALMENA...OR 8 MILES WEST OF BARRON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A SECOND THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES NORTH OF RICE LAKE...OR NEAR HAUGEN. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MIKANA...BRILL...BARRONETT AND HAUGEN. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 4564 9201 4541 9204 4553 9154 4564 9155 $$
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, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Polk | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron | 53 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.