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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2005Barron County, Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2005, 2:31 PM CDT for Barron County, Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 11, 2005, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2005, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 11, 2:52 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	4 Sw Turtle Lake, WI
Jun 11, 2:56 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Almena, WI	CONSIDERABLE WIND DAMAGE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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 11, 1:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 723 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 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 111932
TORMPX
WIC005-095-109-112015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0031.050611T1931Z-050611T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
231 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
  BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
  ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 225 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILE NORTH OF 
EMERALD WISCONSIN.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TURTLE LAKE...

LAT...LON 4512 9239 4505 9215 4520 9217 4576 9177
      4583 9207

$$

RJN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 111943
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
241 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

WIC005-095-109-112015-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050611T2015Z/
POLK WI-BARRON WI-ST. CROIX WI-
241 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR ST. CROIX...
BARRON AND POLK COUNTIES...

AT 237 PM...AN AMBULANCE DRIVER REPORTED THE TORNADO PREVIOUSLY 
LOCATED 1 MILE NORTH OF EMERALD AT 225 PM...WAS DISSIPATING ON THE 
POLK ST. CROIX COUNTY LINE...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF BALDWIN...AT 
237 PM.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ANOTHER TORNADO.

CITIES IN THE PATH INCLUDE...
TURTLE LAKE...CLAYTON...AND AMERY.
 
LAT...LON 4512 9239 4505 9215 4520 9217 4576 9177
      4583 9207

$$

RJN

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 112003
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
302 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

WIC005-095-109-112015-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-050611T2015Z/
POLK WI-BARRON WI-ST. CROIX WI-
302 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR ST. CROIX...
BARRON AND POLK COUNTIES...

AT 258 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR ALMENA...MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF A PRODUCING A TORNADO AS IT 
APPROACHES RICE LAKE AT 315 PM.


LAT...LON 4512 9239 4505 9215 4520 9217 4576 9177
      4583 9207

$$
RJN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Polk, Saint Croix	60 min
Jun 11, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Eau Claire	45 min
Jun 11, 3:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Barron	49 min
Jun 11, 3:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Saint Croix	29 min
Jun 11, 3:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Barron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix	44 min
Jun 11, 4:27 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Barron	35 min
Jun 11, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Saint Croix	42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.