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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 26, 2014Barron County, Polk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 26, 2014, 8:42 PM CDT for Barron County, Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 min. 5 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, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2014, 9:11 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.5 in

Counties Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 26, 8:44 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	2 E Mckinley, WI
Jul 26, 8:47 PM CDT	HAIL 2.75	1 Se Mckinley, WI
Jul 26, 8:51 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Cumberland, WI	TREE DOWN OVER COUNTY ROAD B. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 26, 8:52 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ne Cumberland, WI	TREE DOWN ON 7 1/4 STREET ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF GRANITE LAKE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jul 26, 8:52 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Ne Cumberland, WI	TREE DOWN OVER 7 1/4 STREET ON NORTHEAST SIDE OF GRANITE LAKE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

134 
WFUS53 KMPX 270142
TORMPX
WIC005-095-270230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0022.140727T0142Z-140727T0230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
842 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
  EAST CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 837 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES EAST OF STRAIGHT LAKE WILDERNESS STATE
  PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

  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 EAST CENTRAL
  POLK AND NORTHWESTERN BARRON COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  LOCATIONS...COMSTOCK...CUMBERLAND AND CUMBERLAND AIRPORT.

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 4556 9180 4539 9194 4554 9224 4564 9217
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 291DEG 29KT 4557 9214

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

JLT

4 follow-up statements

950 
WWUS53 KMPX 270148
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
848 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

WIC095-270158-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140727T0230Z/
POLK WI-
848 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4550 9216 4562 9215 4556 9180 4539 9194
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 291DEG 29KT 4555 9208

$$

WIC005-270230-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140727T0230Z/
BARRON WI-
848 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BARRON COUNTY
UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 845 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTH OF TURTLE LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

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...
COMSTOCK...CUMBERLAND AND CUMBERLAND AIRPORT.

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 4550 9216 4562 9215 4556 9180 4539 9194
TIME...MOT...LOC 0148Z 291DEG 29KT 4555 9208

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

JLT

556 
WWUS53 KMPX 270153
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
853 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

WIC005-270230-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140727T0230Z/
BARRON WI-
853 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BARRON COUNTY
UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 849 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF TURTLE LAKE OR NEAR THE TOWN OF 
CUMBERLAND...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

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...
CUMBERLAND AIRPORT.

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 4550 9216 4562 9215 4556 9180 4539 9194
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 293DEG 30KT 4554 9200

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

JLT

866 
WWUS53 KMPX 270159
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
859 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

WIC005-270230-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140727T0230Z/
BARRON WI-
859 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL BARRON COUNTY
UNTIL 930 PM CDT...

AT 857 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARRON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.

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...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL BARRON COUNTY.

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 4549 9203 4559 9198 4556 9180 4544 9190
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 293DEG 30KT 4552 9194

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN

$$

JLT

951 
WWUS53 KMPX 270211
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
911 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

WIC005-270221-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-140727T0230Z/
BARRON WI-
911 PM CDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BARRON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.  HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4549 9203 4559 9198 4556 9180 4544 9190
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 293DEG 30KT 4548 9181

$$

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, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron	27 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.