05/05/09 chase log...

Chase account for 05/05/2009....Pictures will be posted tomorrow...

This morning chasing was the last thing I had on my mind...I was watching the radar and saw thunderstorms forming just NE of the Twin Cities...Grabbed my Cameras and headed for SW Polk County/NW ST.Croix County...Got off and on hail with the storms as I followed them East/Northeast...Got by Clayton and got hailed on big time..Ground was white, biggest hail I saw was nickel size..Called the NWS @ about 3:30 PM....Here's part of the warning....AT 330 PM CDT.NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR CLAYTON.SEVERE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED SIGHTLY.BUT SOME HAIL IS STILL LIKELY.PEOPLE IN BARRON & RUSK COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLEADDITIONAL WARNINGS.Followed the cell/cells into and through Barron County...More hail ground was white East of Barron over to Cameron...Also North of Prairie Farm....My neighbor told me the ground was white with 1 inch hail here....The hail in Central and Southern Barron County was only dime size and smaller...Maybe a few nickels stones,I didn't stop to check......
Here is a list of the warnings this afternoon...
1....WIC005-033-095-109-052030-/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090505T2030Z/POLK WI-BARRON WI-ST. CROIX WI-DUNN WI-312 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDTFOR NORTHWESTERN DUNN.NORTHEASTERN ST. CROIX.SOUTHWESTERN BARRONAND SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTIES.AT 310 PM CDT.RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATEDNEAR CLEAR LAKE.& MOVING NE AT 20 MPH. ANOTHER STRINGSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN STAR PRAIRIE & CLEAR LAKE.OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE.CLAYTON.JOEL & TURTLELAKE.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGEHAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE & STAY AWAY FROMWINDOWS.DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY.A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF ATORNADO IS SPOTTED.ACT QUICKLY & MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN ASTURDY STRUCTURE.SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.2...WIC005-033-095-109-052042-/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090505T2030Z/POLK WI-BARRON WI-ST. CROIX WI-DUNN WI-335 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DUNN.NORTHEASTERN ST. CROIX.SOUTHWESTERN BARRON & SOUTHEASTERN POLKCOUNTIES EXPIRED AT 330 PM CDT.AT 330 PM CDT.NICKEL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR CLAYTON.SEVERE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED SIGHTLY.BUT SOME HAIL IS STILL LIKELY.PEOPLE IN BARRON & RUSK COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLEADDITIONAL WARNINGS.3....THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR. S. BARRON COUNTY IN NW WI.* UNTIL 445 PM CDT* AT 351 PM CDT.RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NW OF PRAIRIE FARM.OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF AMERY.AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE. PRAIRIE FARM. HILLSDALE. BARRON. RICE LAKE. CHETEK. CAMERON.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGEHAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE & STAY AWAY FROMWINDOWS.4....WIC005-052145-/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090505T2145Z/BARRON WI-410 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDTFOR S. BARRON COUNTY.AT 409 PM CDT.RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED4 MILES NO. OF PRAIRIE FARM.& MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE.HILLSDALE.DALLAS.BARRON.CHETEK & CAMERON.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGEHAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE & STAY AWAY FROMWINDOWS.DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY.A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF ATORNADO IS SPOTTED.ACT QUICKLY & MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN ASTURDY STRUCTURE.SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.I do have pictures of a forming wall cloud ...for the warning above...
5....WIC005-052145-/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-090505T2145Z/BARRON WI-429 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDTFOR CNTL BARRON COUNTY.AT 428 PM CDT.RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL & DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESSOF 60 MPH. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HILLSDALE.& MOVINGEAST AT 15 MPH.OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE.CAMERON & CHETEK.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FORDAMAGING WINDS & LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDYSTRUCTURE & STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.