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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 14, 2001Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2001, 8:16 AM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2001, 8:16 AM CDT (13:16 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2001, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Rusk County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 14, 9:10 AM CDTHail 1Bruce, WI
May 14, 9:10 AM CDTHail 1.75Bruce, WI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 192 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2001-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2001-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 443 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
443 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
539 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 141317
SVRMSP
WIC107-141415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
816 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RUSK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT

* AT 816 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE
  HAIL 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRUCE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST     
  OF LADYSMITH. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WEYERHAEUSER.
  LADYSMITH.
  BRUCE.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM WITH LARGE HAIL...STAY INDOORS AWAY FsROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4535 9152 4537 9118 4560 9083 4562 9148

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 9:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk45 min
May 14, 9:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.