Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2014, 9:08 PM CDT for Barron County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 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
- Jul 26, 2014, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2014, 9:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Barron County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 9:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 W Rice Lake, WI | |
| Jul 26, 9:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Sw Rice Lake, WI | |
| Jul 26, 9:17 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 E Rice Lake, WI |
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 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1707 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1223 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
162
WUUS53 KMPX 270208
SVRMPX
WIC005-270300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0077.140727T0208Z-140727T0300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
908 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
* AT 905 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF
RICE LAKE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RICE LAKE...RICE LAKE AIRPORT...CAMERON...CANTON AND SUMNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4554 9154 4531 9155 4547 9194 4557 9187
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 293DEG 30KT 4549 9182
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JLT3 follow-up statements
225 WWUS53 KMPX 270217 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 917 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 WIC005-270300- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-140727T0300Z/ BARRON WI- 917 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BARRON COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 913 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RICE LAKE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED VERY LARGE HAIL PREVIOUSLY ACROSS WESTERN BARRON COUNTY. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CANTON AND SUMNER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4554 9154 4531 9155 4547 9194 4557 9187 TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 293DEG 30KT 4546 9172 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JLT
805 WWUS53 KMPX 270226 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 926 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 WIC005-270300- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-140727T0300Z/ BARRON WI- 926 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BARRON COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 921 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF RICE LAKE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. ALTHOUGH THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED IN THE PAST 10 MINUTES...QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE ALONG THE THUNDERSTORMS PATH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING AROUND RICE LAKE WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL BARRON COUNTY. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SUMNER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4554 9154 4531 9155 4547 9194 4557 9187 TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 293DEG 30KT 4544 9164 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JLT
446 WWUS53 KMPX 270235 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 935 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 WIC005-270245- /O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0077.000000T0000Z-140727T0300Z/ BARRON WI- 935 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL BARRON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES. LAT...LON 4554 9154 4531 9155 4547 9194 4557 9187 TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 293DEG 30KT 4540 9152 $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 8:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 38 min |
| Jul 26, 8:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 38 min |
| Jul 26, 9:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.