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Tornado Warning 26, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Oct 3, 2006, 7:23 PM CDT for Dunn County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 min. 3 reports 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
- Oct 3, 2006, 7:23 PM CDT (00:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dunn County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 7:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | Menomonie, WI | ON SOUTH SIDE OF CITY. |
| Oct 3, 7:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Menomonie, WI | |
| Oct 3, 7:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Menomonie, WI | HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS DURING THE LAST TEN MINUTES. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 746 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 530 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 23.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KMPX 040024 TORMPX WIC033-109-040115- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0026.061004T0023Z-061004T0115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 723 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEAST ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 720 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOYCEVILLE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF MENOMONIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BOYCEVILLE... MENOMONIE... KNAPP... WILSON... HERSEY... WOODVILLE... WILSON... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4501 9229 4485 9230 4485 9182 4507 9182 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMPX 040039 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 737 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006 WIC109-040047- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-061004T0115Z/ ST. CROIX WI- 737 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEAST ST. CROIX COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF ST. CROIX COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4497 9213 4469 9213 4469 9167 4497 9167 $$ WIC033-040115- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-061004T0115Z/ DUNN WI- 737 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR DUNN COUNTY... AT 733 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KNAPP...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MENOMONIE...ELK MOUND...AND EAU GALLE. THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN DUNN COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. LAT...LON 4497 9213 4469 9213 4469 9167 4497 9167 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 040047 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 746 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006 WIC033-040115- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-061004T0115Z/ DUNN WI- 746 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR DUNN COUNTY... AT 742 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MENOMONIE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MENOMONIE...ELK MOUND...DOWNSVILLE...MERIDEAN...ROCK FALLS...AND CARYVILLE. THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN DUNN COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. LAT...LON 4494 9209 4468 9213 4469 9166 4492 9167 $$
000 WWUS53 KMPX 040057 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 756 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006 WIC033-040115- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-061004T0115Z/ DUNN WI- 756 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR DUNN COUNTY... AT 755 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF CARYVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MENOMONIE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CARYVILLE...ELK MOUND...ROCK FALLS...AND MERIDEAN. THIS ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN SOUTHEAST DUNN COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. LAT...LON 4493 9188 4468 9203 4469 9166 4492 9166 $$ LS
000 WWUS53 KMPX 040113 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 811 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006 WIC033-040121- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0026.000000T0000Z-061004T0115Z/ DUNN WI- 811 PM CDT TUE OCT 3 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DUNN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 815 PM CDT... THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING WILL EXIT THE COUNTY BY 815 PM CDT. HAIL OF UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM IN MENOMONIE...AS WELL AS FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR ROCK FALLS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4493 9188 4468 9203 4469 9166 4492 9166 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 66 min |
| Oct 3, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Eau Claire, Pepin | 42 min |
| Oct 3, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Saint Croix | 55 min |
| Oct 3, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 46 min |
| Oct 4, 2:29 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Polk, Rusk and 1 more | 15 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.