Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 12:48 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 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
- Jun 7, 2007, 12:48 PM CDT (17:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2007, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 1:05 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 S Sand Creek, WI |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -470 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1082 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KMPX 071748
TORMPX
WIC017-033-071830-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0015.070607T1748Z-070607T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1248 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 130 PM CDT
* AT 1246 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO. THE MOST
DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAINTER
LAKE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOYCEVILLE...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WHEELER...
TAINTER LAKE...
COLFAX...
SAND CREEK...
BLOOMER...
NEW AUBURN...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4497 9211 4488 9198 4498 9162 4500 9148
4519 9147 4521 9170
$$5 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMPX 071755
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1254 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
WIC017-033-071830-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070607T1830Z/
CHIPPEWA WI-DUNN WI-
1254 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR DUNN AND
CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...
AT 1254 PM CDT...A WELL DEFINED LOWERING...WITH WEAK ROTATION...WAS
REPORTED NORTH OF MENOMONIE.
AT 1250 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TAINTER
LAKE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES WEST OF COLFAX...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SAND CREEK...WHEELER...TAINTER
LAKE...NEW AUBURN...COLFAX AND BLOOMER. THE STORM IS LOCATED NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 94.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4500 9199 4490 9192 4498 9162 4500 9148
4519 9147 4521 9170
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 071801
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
101 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
WIC017-033-071830-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070607T1830Z/
CHIPPEWA WI-DUNN WI-
101 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR DUNN AND
CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...
AT 1254 PM CDT...VISIBLE ROTATION WAS REPORTED NORTH OF MENOMONIE.
AT 1259 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. BASEBALL SIZE HAIL IS ALSO
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 4
MILES NORTHWEST OF COLFAX...OR ABOUT OVER COLFAX...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SAND CREEK...WHEELER...TAINTER
LAKE...NEW AUBURN...COLFAX AND BLOOMER.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4502 9195 4493 9188 4499 9162 4500 9148
4519 9147 4521 9170
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 071810
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
109 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
WIC017-033-071830-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070607T1830Z/
CHIPPEWA WI-DUNN WI-
109 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR DUNN AND
CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...
AT 107 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
6 MILES SOUTH OF SAND CREEK...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF COLFAX...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT...THIS STORM IS LIKELY PRODUCING
BASEBALL SIZED HAIL. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH
OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SAND CREEK...NEW AUBURN AND
BLOOMER.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4510 9181 4505 9170 4510 9149 4516 9142
4527 9138 4526 9154 4521 9155 4521 9170
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 071815
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
114 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
WIC017-033-071830-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070607T1830Z/
CHIPPEWA WI-DUNN WI-
114 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR DUNN AND
CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...
AT 114 PM CDT...SIGNIFICANT ROTATION WAS REPORTED TO THE NORTHEAST
OF COLFAX...VERY NEAR THE DUNN AND CHIPPEWA COUNTY LINE.
AT 107 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF SAND CREEK...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF
COLFAX...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
NEW AUBURN WILL BE VERY NEAR THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THE STORM.
PEOPLE IN AND NEAR NEW AUBURN SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SAND CREEK AND NEW AUBURN.
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. THIS
STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TO VIOLENT TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 4521 9170 4509 9176 4503 9170 4511 9148
4516 9142 4529 9137 4527 9154 4521 9155
$$000
WWUS53 KMPX 071821
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
121 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
WIC033-071831-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070607T1830Z/
DUNN WI-
121 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DUNN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4521 9166 4510 9164 4511 9148 4516 9142
4529 9137 4527 9154 4521 9155
$$
WIC017-071830-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-070607T1830Z/
CHIPPEWA WI-
121 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR CHIPPEWA
COUNTY...
AT 120 PM CDT...STRONG ROTATION WAS REPORTED TO THE SOUTHWEST OF NEW
AUBURN.
AT 117 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR NEW AUBURN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLOOMER...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE NEW AUBURN.
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THIS TORNADO WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED FOR NORTHERN CHIPPEWA
COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4521 9166 4510 9164 4511 9148 4516 9142
4529 9137 4527 9154 4521 9155
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 3:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 3:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 4:14 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 57 min |
| Jun 7, 11:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pierce | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Saint Croix | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 1:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 1:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 22 min |
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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.