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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 20054 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2005, 3:46 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report 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, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2005, 4:30 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, Dunn County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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, 3:52 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	5 Ne Forest, WI

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 112046
TORMPX
WIC005-033-095-109-112130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0034.050611T2046Z-050611T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
346 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
  DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 345 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO...19 MILES SOUTH OF TURTLE LAKE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF AMERY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TURTLE LAKE...
  BARRON...
  RICE LAKE...

LAT...LON 4509 9242 4502 9218 4546 9154 4564 9214

$$

RJN

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS53 KMPX 112116
SVSMPX

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

WIC109-112125-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-050611T2130Z/
ST. CROIX WI-
415 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ST. CROIX COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4523 9234 4522 9208 4511 9206 4520 9191
      4546 9154 4564 9214

$$

WIC005-033-095-112130-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0034.000000T0000Z-050611T2130Z/
POLK WI-BARRON WI-DUNN WI-
415 PM CDT SAT JUN 11 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR DUNN...BARRON AND
POLK COUNTIES...

AT 411 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR PRAIRIE FARM...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICE
LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SUMNER...JOEL...HILLSDALE...
COMSTOCK...CANTON...TURTLE LAKE...CUMBERLAND...CLEAR LAKE...
CAMERON...BARRON AND ALMENA.

ANOTHER POTENTIALLY TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM MAY MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS 
EXTREME NORTHWEST POLK COUNTY BEFORE 430 PM.


LAT...LON 4523 9234 4522 9208 4511 9206 4520 9191
      4546 9154 4564 9214

$$
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, 2:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Barron, Polk, Saint Croix	44 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, 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.