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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 267, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2008, 2:58 PM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 3, 2008, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2008, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Barron County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 3:24 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cumberland, WI | POWER LINES SNAPPED NEAR CUMBERLAND JUST NORTH OF HWY 48 |
| Aug 3, 3:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Wnw Rice Lake, WI | PINE TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN NEAR RICE LAKE |
| Aug 3, 3:36 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Rice Lake, WI | REPORTS OF A ROOF BEING RIPPED OFF A HOUSE 2 MILES SOUTH OF RICE LAKE ALONG WITH MANY TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE AREA...INCLUDING IN THE CUMBERLAND VICINITY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 031958 SVRMPX WIC005-032045- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0267.080803T1958Z-080803T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 258 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 253 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CUMBERLAND...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF BALSAM LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS INCLUDE... COMSTOCK... ALMENA... CUMBERLAND... BARRONETT... BARRON... HAUGEN... CAMERON... RICE LAKE... BRILL... MIKANA... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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. LAT...LON 4564 9155 4531 9155 4543 9217 4564 9216 TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 271DEG 35KT 4560 9210 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMPX 032029 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 329 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 WIC005-032045- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0267.000000T0000Z-080803T2045Z/ BARRON WI- 328 PM CDT SUN AUG 3 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN BARRON COUNTY... AT 324 PM CDT...POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED IN HALF IN THE CUMBERLAND AREA DUE TO SEVERE WINDS. AT 325 PM CDT....THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HAUGEN TO BARRON...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE SUMNER...MIKANA...COMSTOCK... CANTON...BRILL...BARRONETT...RICE LAKE...HAUGEN...CUMBERLAND AND CAMERON. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4564 9155 4531 9155 4543 9217 4564 9216 TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 271DEG 35KT 4563 9175 4543 9183 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 55 min |
| Aug 3, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 27 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.