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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2016, 2:37 PM CDT for Barron County, Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 23 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 27, 2016, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 889 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1057 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
848
WFUS53 KMPX 271937
TORMPX
WIC005-095-272000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0044.160727T1937Z-160727T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
237 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
EAST CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 237 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CLAYTON...OR 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICE
LAKE... MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
TURTLE LAKE AROUND 240 PM CDT.
ALMENA AROUND 255 PM CDT.
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 4547 9211 4541 9199 4529 9217 4533 9224
4543 9215
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 225DEG 17KT 4536 9215
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JRB2 follow-up statements
816
WWUS53 KMPX 271947
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
247 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
WIC095-271956-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160727T2000Z/
POLK WI-
247 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA AND THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4547 9211 4541 9199 4531 9215 4532 9216
4541 9216
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 225DEG 17KT 4539 9210
$$
WIC005-272000-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160727T2000Z/
BARRON WI-
247 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL BARRON COUNTY...
AT 246 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER TURTLE LAKE...OR 19 MILES WEST OF RICE LAKE...MOVING
NORTHEAST 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...
ALMENA AROUND 255 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4547 9211 4541 9199 4531 9215 4532 9216
4541 9216
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 225DEG 17KT 4539 9210
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
JRB133
WWUS53 KMPX 271959
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
259 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
WIC005-272008-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-160727T2000Z/
BARRON WI-
259 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BARRON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
300 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4547 9211 4541 9199 4531 9215 4532 9216
4541 9216
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 225DEG 17KT 4539 9210
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 65 min |
| Jul 27, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Saint Croix | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Saint Croix | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 39 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.