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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 164, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 20, 2007Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2007, 10:48 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 57 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 20, 2007, 10:48 PM CDT (03:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2007, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 00:00Z on 2007-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 551 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2007-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
551 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2355 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 210348
SVRMPX
WIC017-035-210445-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0164.070621T0348Z-070621T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1048 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1046 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...  
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS.   THIS     
  STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF EAU CLAIRE...AND MOVING         
  SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALTOONA...
  FALL CREEK...
  AUGUSTA...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE 
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

LAT...LON 4497 9159 4481 9161 4463 9113 4481 9101

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 210402
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1102 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

WIC017-035-210445-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0164.000000T0000Z-070621T0445Z/
CHIPPEWA WI-EAU CLAIRE WI-
1102 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR EAU CLAIRE  AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

AT 1059 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES EAST OF ALTOONA...OR ABOUT OVER
ALTOONA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

AT 1056 PM CDT...WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH WERE MEASURED AT THE EAU 
CLAIRE AIRPORT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LUDINGTON...LAKE HALLIE...FALL
CREEK...EAU CLAIRE...AUGUSTA AND ALTOONA.

LAT...LON 4491 9146 4481 9161 4463 9106 4479 9098

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk38 min
Jun 20, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa56 min
Jun 20, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk27 min
Jun 20, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix55 min
Jun 20, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce60 min
Jun 20, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin51 min
Jun 20, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce49 min
Jun 21, 12:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin17 min
Jun 21, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin66 min

Nearby

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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.