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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 19, 2011Chippewa County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2011, 6:54 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 66 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
Jul 19, 2011, 6:54 PM CDT (23:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Chippewa County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 19, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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 12:00Z on 2011-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5144 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 12:00Z on 2011-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

403 
WUUS53 KMPX 192354
SVRMPX
WIC017-200100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0167.110719T2354Z-110720T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
654 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 651 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CONRATH...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  LADYSMITH...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  HOLCOMBE...
  CORNELL...
  BOYD...
  STANLEY...

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.

REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WIND OR HAIL DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 4486 9092 4496 9116 4529 9126 4529 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 320DEG 37KT 4533 9099
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk41 min
Jul 19, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Rusk54 min
Jul 19, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron, Rusk55 min
Jul 19, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk60 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.