Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2010, 3:04 PM CDT for Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 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 15, 2010, 3:04 PM CDT (20:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2010, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Polk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
101 WFUS53 KMPX 152004 TORMPX WIC095-152030- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0004.100615T2004Z-100615T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 304 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 259 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 6 MILES SOUTH OF BALSAM LAKE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF WANDEROOS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BALSAM LAKE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON 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. && LAT...LON 4552 9230 4531 9228 4531 9252 4542 9255 TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 241DEG 7KT 4539 9249 $$
1 follow-up statement
085 WWUS53 KMPX 152018 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 318 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 WIC095-152030- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-100615T2030Z/ POLK WI- 318 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL POLK COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM CDT... AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BALSAM LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BALSAM LAKE. LAT...LON 4534 9249 4544 9250 4552 9230 4538 9229 TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 238DEG 9KT 4543 9244 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Pierce, Polk, Saint Croix | 112 min |
| Jun 15, 2:42 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.