Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 233, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2007, 4:06 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Dunn County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 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
- Jul 8, 2007, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2007, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 4:06 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Weyerhaeuser, WI | |
| Jul 8, 4:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Menomonie, WI | DIME TO NICKEL HAIL BETWEEN 410 TO 415 PM. |
| Jul 8, 4:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 8 E New Auburn, WI | FEW TREES 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 432 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -564 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2355 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMPX 082106
SVRMPX
WIC017-033-107-082200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0233.070708T2106Z-070708T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
406 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 402 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF BRUCE TO 5 MILES WEST
OF MENOMONIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRUCE...
MENOMONIE...
COLFAX...
LADYSMITH...
BLOOMER...
ELK MOUND...
CORNELL...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...
LAKE WISSOTA...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.
STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4562 9148 4524 9153 4486 9211 4489 9099
4527 9100 4558 9071
$$
JPR2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 082122
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
422 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007
WIC017-033-107-082200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0233.000000T0000Z-070708T2200Z/
RUSK WI-CHIPPEWA WI-DUNN WI-
422 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR DUNN...CHIPPEWA AND RUSK COUNTIES...
AT 410 PM CDT...NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
MENOMONIE WITH THIS STORM.
AT 418 PM CDT... THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 3 MILES EAST OF LADYSMITH TO 4 MILES WEST OF ELK MOUND...AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE JIM FALLS...ISLAND LAKE...
HOLCOMBE...EAGLETON...BATEMAN...WEYERHAEUSER...TONY...TAINTER LAKE...
NEW AUBURN AND MENOMONIE.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4562 9148 4524 9153 4486 9211 4489 9099
4527 9100 4558 9071
$$
JPR000
WWUS53 KMPX 082157
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
456 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007
WIC017-033-107-082206-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0233.000000T0000Z-070708T2200Z/
RUSK WI-CHIPPEWA WI-DUNN WI-
456 PM CDT SUN JUL 8 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DUNN...CHIPPEWA AND RUSK
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 500 PM CDT...
SEVERE STORMS HAD WEAKENED AND WERE ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.
HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AND MAY
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.
LAT...LON 4562 9148 4524 9153 4486 9211 4489 9099
4527 9100 4558 9071
$$
JPRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007
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.