Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2010, 3:15 PM CDT for Saint Croix 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
- Jun 15, 2010, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2010, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.
040 WFUS53 KMPX 152015 TORMPX WIC109-152045- /O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0005.100615T2015Z-100615T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 315 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 312 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BALDWIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... BALDWIN... WOODVILLE... 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 4504 9227 4490 9227 4488 9243 4498 9243 TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 235DEG 11KT 4493 9239 $$
2 follow-up statements
205 WWUS53 KMPX 152032 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 332 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 WIC109-152045- /O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-100615T2045Z/ ST. CROIX WI- 332 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ST. CROIX COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 326 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BALDWIN...OR 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW RICHMOND... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WOODVILLE...BALDWIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW. && LAT...LON 4504 9227 4490 9227 4488 9243 4498 9243 TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 222DEG 14KT 4497 9235 $$
016 WWUS53 KMPX 152045 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 345 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 WIC109-152055- /O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-100615T2045Z/ ST. CROIX WI- 345 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ST. CROIX COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 4504 9227 4490 9227 4488 9243 4498 9243 TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 222DEG 14KT 4497 9235 $$
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, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Polk | 26 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.