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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 19, 2011Polk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2011, 7:46 PM CDT for Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 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, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2011, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Polk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2011-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5426 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 2011-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 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
5426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1247 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
330 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.8
Supercell composite
44.6

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The text

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

660 
WUUS53 KMPX 200046
SVRMPX
WIC095-200130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0168.110720T0046Z-110720T0130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 742 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
  LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF RANGE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF
  BALSAM LAKE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  NICKEL SIZE HAIL MAY
  ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MCKINLEY...
  RANGE...
  CLEAR LAKE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND 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 4563 9215 4521 9216 4521 9235 4552 9240
      4566 9218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 333DEG 19KT 4543 9220
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN

$$

DWE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPolk39 min
Jul 19, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBarron61 min
Jul 19, 8:16 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Rusk3 hr
Jul 19, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire53 min
Jul 19, 8:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Rusk3 hr
Jul 19, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire37 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.