Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2011, 5:51 PM CDT for Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2011, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 65.0 mph
Counties Barron County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 6:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ladysmith, WI | A FEW TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG 600 BLOCK OF PETERSON. |
| Jul 19, 6:28 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tony, WI | A FEW POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 8 IN TOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 5144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
676
WUUS53 KMPX 192251
SVRMPX
WIC005-107-192345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0165.110719T2251Z-110719T2345Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
551 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 547 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 65 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13
MILES SOUTHEAST OF CABLE TO EDGEWATER TO 6 MILES EAST OF SARONA...
AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
LADYSMITH...
MIKANA...
WEYERHAEUSER...
BRUCE...
ISLAND LAKE...
TONY...
GLEN FLORA...
CONRATH...
HAWKINS...
SHELDON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 4537 9071 4537 9091 4529 9092 4530 9153
4563 9168 4565 9167 4565 9160 4564 9068
4563 9067 4539 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 303DEG 41KT 4602 9111 4576 9143
4569 9163
WIND...HAIL 65MPH 1.00IN
$$
DWE1 follow-up statement
103
WWUS53 KMPX 192328
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
628 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011
WIC005-192343-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-110719T2345Z/
BARRON WI-
628 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BARRON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4537 9071 4537 9091 4529 9092 4530 9153
4564 9153 4565 9112 4564 9068 4563 9067
4539 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 303DEG 41KT 4554 9073 4546 9118
4540 9135
$$
WIC107-192345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0165.000000T0000Z-110719T2345Z/
RUSK WI-
628 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSK COUNTY
UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 624 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAWKINS TO BRUCE TO
WEYERHAEUSER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TONY...GLEN FLORA...ISLAND LAKE...HAWKINS...CONRATH...SHELDON AND
INGRAM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN THE TWIN CITIES.
&&
LAT...LON 4537 9071 4537 9091 4529 9092 4530 9153
4564 9153 4565 9112 4564 9068 4563 9067
4539 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 303DEG 41KT 4554 9073 4546 9118
4540 9135
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
DWEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 55 min |
| Jul 19, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 66 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.