Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2020
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2020, 7:51 PM CDT for Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 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
- Jun 28, 2020, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2020, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 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), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 944 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
322
WFUS53 KMPX 290051
TORMPX
WIC093-290115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0008.200629T0051Z-200629T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
751 PM CDT Sun Jun 28 2020
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Pierce County in west central Wisconsin...
* Until 815 PM CDT.
* At 751 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Ellsworth, or 12 miles northeast of Red Wing,
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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Pierce County, including the following locations... 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 4465 9237 4472 9251 4485 9241 4484 9234
4480 9224
TIME...MOT...LOC 0051Z 209DEG 18KT 4471 9243
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BPH2 follow-up statements
089
WWUS53 KMPX 290100
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
800 PM CDT Sun Jun 28 2020
WIC093-290115-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-200629T0115Z/
Pierce WI-
800 PM CDT Sun Jun 28 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY...
At 800 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Ellsworth, or 11 miles southeast of River Falls,
moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
El Paso and Martel.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4471 9232 4476 9248 4485 9241 4484 9234
4480 9224
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 206DEG 19KT 4478 9241
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BPH381
WWUS53 KMPX 290110
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
810 PM CDT Sun Jun 28 2020
WIC093-290120-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-200629T0115Z/
Pierce WI-
810 PM CDT Sun Jun 28 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
815 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for west central
Wisconsin.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
The Twin Cities.
LAT...LON 4471 9232 4476 9248 4485 9241 4484 9234
4480 9224
TIME...MOT...LOC 0110Z 209DEG 18KT 4481 9239
$$
BPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pierce | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 41 min |
| Jun 28, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 29 min |
| Jun 28, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 17 min |
| Jun 28, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn | 25 min |
| Jun 28, 10:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 1:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Pierce, Polk, Rusk and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 4:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Pepin, Rusk | 67 min |
| Jun 29, 6:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Pierce, Polk, Saint Croix | 10 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 17 hr |
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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.