Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2006, 5:21 PM CDT for Dunn County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 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
- Aug 24, 2006, 5:21 PM CDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2006, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dunn County, WI, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 1700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 242221
SVRMPX
WIC033-093-242315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0210.060824T2221Z-060824T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
521 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 519 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MENOMONIE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF
ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MENOMONIE...
ELLSWORTH...
ELMWOOD...
PLUM CITY...
STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4485 9249 4457 9246 4454 9215 4468 9213
4469 9167 4501 9191 4485 9214
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 242257
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
555 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
WIC033-093-242315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-060824T2315Z/
DUNN WI-PIERCE WI-
555 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR PIERCE AND DUNN COUNTIES...
AT 554 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 EAST NORTHEAST OF EAU GAULLE...OR ABOUT 5
MILES NORTH OF DURAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CITIES SUCH AS ROCK FALLS...AND
EAU GAULLE.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4484 9215 4456 9232 4454 9215 4468 9213
4469 9167 4485 9168 4485 9214
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 242312
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
612 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
WIC033-093-242322-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-060824T2315Z/
DUNN WI-PIERCE WI-
612 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PIERCE AND DUNN COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 615 PM CDT...
SEVERE STORMS WERE ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...MORE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA...REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4484 9215 4456 9232 4454 9215 4468 9213
4469 9167 4485 9168 4485 9214
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 1:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 14 hr |
| Aug 24, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Saint Croix | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire, Pepin | 56 min |
| Aug 24, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire, Pepin | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.