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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2005Chippewa County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2005, 6:05 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 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, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chippewa County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 072305
TORMPX
WIC017-072345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0024.050607T2305Z-050607T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
605 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 603 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOOMER...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CHIPPEWA FALLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BLOOMER...
  CHIPPEWA FALLS...
  JIM FALLS...
  TILDEN...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4514 9164 4495 9164 4486 9132 4504 9120

$$

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, 3:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk43 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, 6:13 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.