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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2007Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 2:25 PM CDT for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 22 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
Jun 7, 2007, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2007, 2:47 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Eau Claire County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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
Jun 7, 11:34 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2007-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 72 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 12:00Z on 2007-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KMPX 071925
TORMPX
WIC035-072000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0018.070607T1925Z-070607T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
225 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 220 PM CDT...RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE STORM WITH STRONG
  ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 3 MILES         
  SOUTHWEST OF AUGUSTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
  INDICATED COUNTY

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 4472 9120 4461 9121 4460 9113 4463 9104
      4468 9092 4485 9092 4482 9102

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 071934
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
233 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

WIC035-072000-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070607T2000Z/
EAU CLAIRE WI-
233 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR EAU
CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

AT 229 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.   THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL EAU CLAIRE COUNTY...OR 
ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF AUGUSTA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.

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 4469 9113 4464 9107 4470 9092 4485 9092
      4481 9101

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 071947
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
247 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

WIC035-071957-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-070607T2000Z/
EAU CLAIRE WI-
247 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN IS CANCELLED...

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THE SEVERE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4469 9113 4464 9107 4470 9092 4485 9092
      4481 9101

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 3:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix34 min
Jun 7, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk43 min
Jun 7, 3:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn34 min
Jun 7, 4:14 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more17 hr
Jun 7, 4:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk40 min
Jun 7, 11:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce57 min
Jun 7, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WarningMPXPierce45 min
Jun 7, 12:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Saint Croix41 min
Jun 7, 12:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn42 min
Jun 7, 1:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron25 min
Jun 7, 1:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Rusk51 min
Jun 7, 1:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXEau Claire34 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.