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Tornado Watch 430

June 7, 2005Dickinson County, Iron County, Michigan; 31 counties in Wisconsin

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.

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Warnings issued inside it

33 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk55 min
Jun 7, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa67 min
Jun 7, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa40 min
Jun 7, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln56 min
Jun 7, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBForest53 min
Jun 7, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBLincoln45 min
Jun 7, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk35 min
Jun 7, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBForest41 min
Jun 7, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire57 min
Jun 7, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade52 min
Jun 7, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa30 min
Jun 7, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarinette61 min
Jun 7, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBForest50 min
Jun 7, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLincoln, Oneida59 min
Jun 7, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark54 min
Jun 7, 7:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn5 hr
Jun 7, 7:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXClark3 hr
Jun 7, 7:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBWood65 min
Jun 7, 7:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarathon63 min
Jun 7, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningARXClark37 min
Jun 7, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBMarathon64 min
Jun 7, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTaylor33 min
Jun 7, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBWood45 min
Jun 7, 8:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXEau Claire4 hr
Jun 7, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette58 min
Jun 7, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBLanglade, Oconto52 min
Jun 7, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningARXClark47 min
Jun 7, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGRBLanglade, Oconto47 min
Jun 7, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson, Trempealeau62 min
Jun 7, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBMarinette39 min
Jun 7, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGRBShawano47 min
Jun 7, 9:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningGRBWood4 hr
Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson52 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 351 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2005-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 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
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

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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 461,0911

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 4:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCIron37 min
Jun 7, 9:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Buffalo, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Crawford and 19 more2 hr
Jun 7, 10:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Calumet, Clark, Columbia, Dodge and 18 more6 hr
Jun 7, 1:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 16 more114 min
Jun 7, 2:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuffalo, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Saint Croix, Trempealeau55 min
Jun 7, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarron, Buffalo, Burnett, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more6 hr
Jun 7, 3:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac and 12 more32 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.