Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Watches in 2005
Tornado Watch 430
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 7, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT for Dickinson County, Iron County, Michigan; 31 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2005, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties
Dickinson County, MI, Iron County, MI, Adams County, WI, Calumet County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Clark County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Florence County, WI, Forest County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Langlade County, WI, Lincoln County, WI, Marathon County, WI, Marinette County, WI, Menominee County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Oconto County, WI, Oneida County, WI, Outagamie County, WI, Portage County, WI, Price County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Shawano County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vilas County, WI, Waupaca County, WI, Waushara County, WI, Winnebago County, WI, Wood County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
33 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Lincoln | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Forest | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 35 min |
| Jun 7, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Forest | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 57 min |
| Jun 7, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 30 min |
| Jun 7, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marinette | 61 min |
| Jun 7, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Forest | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Lincoln, Oneida | 59 min |
| Jun 7, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark | 54 min |
| Jun 7, 7:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn | 5 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Clark | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Wood | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marathon | 63 min |
| Jun 7, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clark | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Marathon | 64 min |
| Jun 7, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Taylor | 33 min |
| Jun 7, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Wood | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 8:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 58 min |
| Jun 7, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Langlade, Oconto | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clark | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GRB | Langlade, Oconto | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, Trempealeau | 62 min |
| Jun 7, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Marinette | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GRB | Shawano | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 9:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | GRB | Wood | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson | 52 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 072229
SEL0
SPC WW 072229
MIZ000-WIZ000-080500-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 430
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
530 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN
EFFECTIVE THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON FROM 530 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES NORTH OF RHINELANDER
WISCONSIN TO 15 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF CAMP DOUGLAS WISCONSIN.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 426...WW 427...WW 428...WW
429...
DISCUSSION...SUPERCELLS EXPECTED TO MOVE/DEVELOP ENEWD ALONG WARM
ADVECTION ZONE DOWNSTREAM FROM MN SHORTWAVE IMPULSE. AN ADDITIONAL
STORM OR TWO MAY FORM INVOF RETREATING MCS OUTFLOW BNDRY IN WRN WI.
VEERING LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILES INVOF BOUNDARIES AND MID 60S
DEWPOINTS SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL
AND POSSIBLY HIGH WIND.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.
...CORFIDI
461,0873 435,0881 435,0914 461,0911SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Iron | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 9:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford and 19 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Clark, Columbia, Dodge and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 16 more | 114 min |
| Jun 7, 2:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Saint Croix, Trempealeau | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 12 more | 32 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.