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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 286, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 11, 2007Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2007, 5:17 AM CDT for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 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
Aug 11, 2007, 5:17 AM CDT (10:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2007, 5:49 AM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Eau Claire County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 2007-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 639 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 2007-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
639 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 111017
SVRMPX
WIC035-111115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0286.070811T1017Z-070811T1115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
517 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 AM CDT

* AT 516 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13
  MILES WEST OF FALL CREEK TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FALL CREEK...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

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

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT
SATURDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4478 9159 4460 9162 4460 9092 4476 9093

$$

JPR/MDB
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 111049
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
549 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007

WIC035-111059-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0286.000000T0000Z-070811T1115Z/
EAU CLAIRE WI-
549 AM CDT SAT AUG 11 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN IS CANCELLED...

RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STORM HAD WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. 
THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

LAT...LON 4478 9159 4460 9162 4460 9092 4476 9093

$$

JPR/MDB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 3:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix54 min
Aug 11, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.