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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2008, 5:42 PM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 48 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
- May 25, 2008, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2008, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Barron County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Wnw Chetek, WI | |
| May 25, 6:21 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 N Rice Lake, WI | |
| May 25, 6:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Sw Chetek, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -266 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMPX 252243 SVRMPX WIC005-252330- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0029.080525T2242Z-080525T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 542 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 537 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM... CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TURTLE LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... TURTLE LAKE... CUMBERLAND... BARRON... CAMERON... RICE LAKE... CHETEK... THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...WHICH CAN SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGE WINDOWS...SIDING AND VEHICLES. DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL UPROOT TREES AND DOWN POWER LINES. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4556 9155 4527 9154 4526 9215 4556 9214 TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 264DEG 37KT 4532 9215 $$ RAH/TRH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 51 min |
| May 25, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 47 min |
| May 25, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 58 min |
| May 25, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn | 40 min |
| May 25, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 51 min |
| May 25, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pierce | 49 min |
| May 25, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 62 min |
| May 25, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 54 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.