Alert archive / Wisconsin / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this high wind warning at May 9, 2011, 12:50 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at May 9, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2011, 12:50 PM CDT (17:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 9, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 1:40 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 5 Wsw Allen, WI | |
| May 9, 3:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 E Caryville, WI | STARTED HAILING AT 310 PM STILL COMING DOWN AT 319 PM. |
| May 9, 3:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Fall Creek, WI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 256 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
546 WWUS73 KMPX 091750 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1250 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...HIGH WINDS TO CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 4 PM... .HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME TREES WILL LIKELY GO DOWN...AND MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE AFTER 4 PM. CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WARNING ARE CHIPPEWA FALLS...LADYSMITH...AND EAU CLAIRE. WIZ016-027-028-092100- /O.NEW.KMPX.HW.W.0001.110509T1800Z-110509T2100Z/ RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 1250 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS THROUGH 4 PM. * WINDS...EAST WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...TREES COULD GO DOWN. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
1 follow-up statement
041 WWUS73 KMPX 092107 NPWMPX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 407 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...HIGH WINDS HAVE DECREASED... .THE HIGH WIND WARNING FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THE WEATHER FEATURES THAT CAUSED THE STRONG WINDS HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST. WIZ016-027-028-092215- /O.EXP.KMPX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110509T2100Z/ RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER... EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 407 PM CDT MON MAY 9 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 6:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 114 min |
| May 9, 8:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire, Rusk | 54 min |
| May 9, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire, Pepin | 59 min |
| May 9, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 54 min |
| May 9, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.