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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 27, 2005Polk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2005, 7:05 PM CDT for Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 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 27, 2005, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
25 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 00:07 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 27, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 27, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1221 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2005-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
1221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 280006
TORMPX
WIC095-280030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0045.050628T0005Z-050628T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
705 PM CDT MON JUN 27 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 702 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO...7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BALSAM LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BALSAM LAKE...
  MILLTOWN...
  CENTURIA...
  RURAL AREAS NORTHEAST OF BALSAM LAKE...

GET TO A BASEMENT NOW.

LAT...LON 4540 9265 4525 9251 4542 9216 4565 9242

$$

KAT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk54 min
Jun 27, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce50 min
Jun 27, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk60 min
Jun 27, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix46 min
Jun 27, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn57 min
Jun 27, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk62 min
Jun 27, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa58 min
Jun 27, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn64 min
Jun 27, 9:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin56 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.