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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 385, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 20, 2007Barron County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2007, 10:16 PM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 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
Sep 20, 2007, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2007, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barron County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 20, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 00:00Z on 2007-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1394 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2007-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 192 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
567 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
24.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 210316
SVRMPX
WIC005-210400-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0385.070921T0316Z-070921T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1016 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1012 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  CUMBERLAND...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICE LAKE...AND MOVING
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RICE LAKE...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FRIDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4563 9155 4543 9155 4547 9212 4564 9201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 275DEG 31KT 4557 9188

$$

JPR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire21 min
Sep 20, 9:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Saint Croix61 min
Sep 20, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk31 min
Sep 20, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa64 min
Sep 21, 5:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk36 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.