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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2015, 9:39 PM CDT for Barron County, Chippewa County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 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 24, 2015, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2015, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1246 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
193
WFUS53 KMPX 250239
TORMPX
WIC005-017-033-250315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0027.150725T0239Z-150725T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
939 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
NORTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHEASTERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 939 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SAND CREEK...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF RICE
LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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 BE NEAR...
NEW AUBURN AROUND 955 PM CDT.
BLOOMER AROUND 1015 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SAND
CREEK.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 53 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 121.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4519 9175 4525 9165 4519 9140 4504 9147
4504 9163
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 306DEG 16KT 4520 9169
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JPC1 follow-up statement
516
WWUS53 KMPX 250258
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
958 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
WIC005-033-250307-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150725T0315Z/
DUNN WI-BARRON WI-
958 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DUNN AND SOUTHEASTERN BARRON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN
DUNN AND SOUTHEASTERN BARRON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4516 9162 4520 9157 4517 9142 4504 9147
4506 9161
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 304DEG 18KT 4514 9156
$$
WIC017-250315-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150725T0315Z/
CHIPPEWA WI-
958 PM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY...
AT 957 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW AUBURN...OR 20 MILES NORTH OF EAU CLAIRE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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 BE NEAR...
BLOOMER AROUND 1010 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 53 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 118.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 4516 9162 4520 9157 4517 9142 4504 9147
4506 9161
TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 304DEG 18KT 4514 9156
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 56 min |
| Jul 24, 10:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 38 min |
| Jul 24, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 52 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.