Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2011, 4:36 AM CDT for Barron County, Polk County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 2, 2011, 4:36 AM CDT (09:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2011, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 5:05 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | 6 Wnw Rice Lake, WI |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -595 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 308 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 808 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
993
WUUS53 KMPX 020936
SVRMPX
WIC005-095-107-021030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0219.110802T0936Z-110802T1030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
436 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 530 AM CDT
* AT 430 AM CDT...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
SHELL LAKE TO MCKINLEY TO MILLTOWN...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
BALSAM LAKE...
AMERY...
RICE LAKE...
LADYSMITH...
BARRONETT...
MCKINLEY...
MILLTOWN...
CENTURIA...
CUMBERLAND...
RANGE...
HAUGEN...
COMSTOCK...
CLEAR LAKE...
BRILL...
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 4537 9070 4537 9091 4531 9092 4531 9152
4522 9157 4522 9232 4551 9263 4560 9226
4567 9215 4565 9214 4564 9161 4565 9080
4563 9069
TIME...MOT...LOC 0936Z 291DEG 39KT 4571 9185 4556 9212
4550 9236
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
152
WWUS53 KMPX 021003
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
503 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011
WIC005-095-107-021030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0219.000000T0000Z-110802T1030Z/
BARRON WI-RUSK WI-POLK WI-
503 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POLK...RUSK
AND BARRON COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM CDT...
AT 458 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BRILL
TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARRON TO TURTLE LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...BARRON...CANTON...CAMERON...PRAIRIE FARM...
HILLSDALE...WEYERHAEUSER...CHETEK...BRUCE...ISLAND LAKE...TONY...
CONRATH...GLEN FLORA AND HAWKINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN THE TWIN CITIES.
&&
LAT...LON 4537 9070 4537 9091 4531 9092 4531 9152
4522 9157 4522 9232 4551 9263 4560 9226
4567 9215 4565 9214 4564 9161 4565 9080
4563 9069
TIME...MOT...LOC 1003Z 292DEG 34KT 4562 9156 4547 9184
4541 9208
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Chippewa | 81 min |
| Aug 1, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 4:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Polk, Rusk | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 4:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Polk, Rusk | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Rusk | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 74 min |
| Aug 2, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 93 min |
| Aug 2, 9:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 5 hr |
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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.