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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 29, 2006Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2006, 4:30 PM CDT for Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 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
May 29, 2006, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2006, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pierce County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 5:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGHager City, WI2.5 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 29, 3:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 12:00Z on 2006-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2214 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 224 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
2214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1113 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 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 
WUUS53 KMPX 292131
SVRMPX
WIC093-292230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0041.060529T2130Z-060529T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
430 PM CDT MON MAY 29 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 429 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. THESE STORMS      
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ELLSWORTH TO HAGER        
  CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MARTEL...
  PLUM CITY...
  SPRING VALLEY...
  ELMWOOD...

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.

LAT...LON 4460 9215 4457 9227 4459 9254 4475 9276
      4484 9270 4486 9239 4485 9214 4485 9214

$$

LS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.