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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 331, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 28, 2007Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 2007, 12:03 AM CDT for Rusk 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
Aug 28, 2007, 12:03 AM CDT (05:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2007, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:03 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2007-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2564 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 2007-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 379 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
2564 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-230 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
379 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
526 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMPX 280503
SVRMPX
WIC107-280600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0331.070828T0503Z-070828T0600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1203 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1202 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 40
  MILES WEST OF HAWKINS...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICE LAKE...
  AND MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAWKINS...
  GLEN FLORA...

STAY INDOORS...AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4564 9153 4558 9153 4556 9142 4550 9115
      4538 9068 4564 9067

$$
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 280515
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1214 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

WIC107-280600-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-070828T0600Z/
RUSK WI-
1214 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR RUSK COUNTY...

AT 1210 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF LADYSMITH...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF
EDGEWATER...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TONY...LADYSMITH...INGRAM...
HAWKINS AND GLEN FLORA.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG 
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4564 9153 4555 9151 4551 9142 4543 9122
      4538 9084 4538 9068 4564 9067

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 280529
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1229 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

WIC107-280600-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-070828T0600Z/
RUSK WI-
1229 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR RUSK COUNTY...

AT 1227 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF LADYSMITH...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF 
BRUCE...AND MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TONY...LADYSMITH...INGRAM...
HAWKINS AND GLEN FLORA.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE 
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. 
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG 
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4564 9136 4551 9141 4543 9122 4538 9094
      4538 9084 4538 9068 4564 9067

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 280541
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1241 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

WIC107-280600-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-070828T0600Z/
RUSK WI-
1241 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR RUSK COUNTY...

AT 1240 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LADYSMITH...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST 
OF BRUCE...AND MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE TONY...LADYSMITH...INGRAM...
HAWKINS AND GLEN FLORA.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 4564 9117 4549 9128 4542 9105 4538 9089
      4538 9068 4564 9067

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMPX 280553
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1252 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

WIC107-280602-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0331.000000T0000Z-070828T0600Z/
RUSK WI-
1252 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RUSK COUNTY EXPIRES AT 100 AM
CDT...

SEVERE STORMS WERE WEAKENING AND ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY. 
HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR. REMAIN ALERT FOR 
POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.

REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4564 9117 4549 9128 4542 9105 4538 9089
      4538 9068 4564 9067

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk53 min
Aug 28, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix43 min
Aug 28, 3:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn49 min
Aug 28, 3:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire53 min
Aug 28, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa44 min

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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.