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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 5, 2009Polk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 2009, 5:15 PM CDT for Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 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
May 5, 2009, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2009, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Polk County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2009-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 2009-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 052215
SVRMPX
WIC095-052245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0008.090505T2215Z-090505T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
515 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 512 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTH
  OF CLAM FALLS...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BALSAM LAKE...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CLAM FALLS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4572 9215 4564 9215 4558 9217 4553 9236
      4569 9247 4574 9234 4573 9216
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 244DEG 22KT 4565 9229

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 052238
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
538 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009

WIC095-052248-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-090505T2245Z/
POLK WI-
538 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 545 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 4572 9215 4564 9215 4558 9217 4553 9236
      4569 9247 4574 9234 4573 9216
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 244DEG 22KT 4571 9211

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix65 min
May 5, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron54 min
May 5, 4:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Rusk61 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.