Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2019
Tornado Warning 35, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 2019, 4:06 PM CDT for Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 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 28, 2019, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2019, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 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), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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 28, 2:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 1530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
196
WFUS53 KMPX 282106
TORMPX
WIC093-282145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0035.190728T2106Z-190728T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
406 PM CDT Sun Jul 28 2019
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Pierce County in west central Wisconsin...
* Until 445 PM CDT.
* At 406 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Ellsworth, or 8 miles north of Red Wing, moving
northeast 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 be near...
Ellsworth around 415 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Beldenville, Diamond Bluff, El Paso and Martel.
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 4461 9260 4470 9270 4487 9248 4486 9213
4478 9213
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 228DEG 34KT 4468 9259
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
024
WWUS53 KMPX 282121
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
421 PM CDT Sun Jul 28 2019
WIC093-282145-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-190728T2145Z/
Pierce WI-
421 PM CDT Sun Jul 28 2019
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY...
At 421 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Ellsworth, or 9 miles southeast of River Falls,
moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Pierce County, including the following locations...
Beldenville, El Paso and Martel.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4471 9250 4477 9256 4487 9248 4486 9213
4478 9213 4470 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 225DEG 33KT 4478 9246
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$548
WWUS53 KMPX 282143
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
443 PM CDT Sun Jul 28 2019
WIC093-282153-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-190728T2145Z/
Pierce WI-
443 PM CDT Sun Jul 28 2019
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
445 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for west central
Wisconsin.
LAT...LON 4471 9250 4477 9256 4487 9248 4486 9213
4478 9213 4470 9235
TIME...MOT...LOC 2143Z 228DEG 34KT 4492 9225
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 50 min |
| Jul 28, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 35 min |
| Jul 28, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 34 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.