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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 30, 2011Dunn County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2011, 2:04 PM CDT for Dunn County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 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 30, 2011, 2:04 PM CDT (19:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2011, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dunn County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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 30, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2011-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2252 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 2011-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
2252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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

176 
WUUS53 KMPX 301904
SVRMPX
WIC033-109-301945-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0189.110730T1904Z-110730T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
204 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  NORTHEASTERN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 201 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 FOREST...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  AMERY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  GLENWOOD CITY...
  EMERALD...
  CONNORSVILLE...
  BOYCEVILLE...
  RIDGELAND...
  WHEELER...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4520 9168 4498 9177 4506 9227 4521 9225
TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 274DEG 28KT 4511 9216
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

CLF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 11:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Polk66 min
Jul 30, 12:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Polk76 min
Jul 30, 12:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix72 min
Jul 30, 1:15 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Rusk3 hr
Jul 30, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Dunn61 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.