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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2014, 6:49 PM CDT for Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 15 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
- Jul 7, 2014, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2014, 7:04 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
765
WFUS53 KMPX 072349
TORMPX
WIC093-080015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0021.140707T2349Z-140708T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
649 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 648 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KINNICKINNIC STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN
PIERCE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...BELDENVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4476 9280 4477 9280 4483 9277 4484 9276
4485 9247 4472 9251
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 274DEG 37KT 4480 9273
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SPD2 follow-up statements
627
WWUS53 KMPX 072358
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
658 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
WIC093-080015-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140708T0015Z/
PIERCE WI-
658 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PIERCE
COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT...
AT 657 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR RIVER FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELDENVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4475 9266 4483 9265 4485 9247 4472 9251
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 274DEG 37KT 4479 9261
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SPD791 WWUS53 KMPX 080004 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 704 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 WIC093-080015- /O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140708T0015Z/ PIERCE WI- 704 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 4475 9266 4483 9265 4485 9247 4472 9251 TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 274DEG 37KT 4478 9251 $$ SPD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 39 min |
| Jul 7, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Saint Croix | 30 min |
| Jul 7, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire, Pepin | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 3:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 29 min |
| Jul 7, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pepin, Pierce | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pepin, Pierce | 49 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.