Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2011, 12:50 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 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
- May 11, 2011, 12:50 PM CDT (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2011, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Rusk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -538 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
578
WUUS53 KMPX 111750
SVRMPX
WIC107-111815-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0032.110511T1750Z-110511T1815Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1250 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 115 PM CDT
* AT 1246 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JUMP
RIVER...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF LADYSMITH...AND MOVING NORTH AT
35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
GLEN FLORA...
HAWKINS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4537 9068 4537 9091 4533 9092 4533 9109
4564 9105 4564 9068 4563 9067 4553 9066
4538 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 1751Z 189DEG 31KT 4545 9079
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
TRH3 follow-up statements
060
WWUS53 KMPX 111757
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1257 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011
WIC107-111815-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110511T1815Z/
RUSK WI-
1257 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN RUSK
COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM CDT...
AT 1254 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HAWKINS...OR 15 MILES EAST OF LADYSMITH...MOVING NORTH
AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAWKINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4537 9068 4537 9091 4545 9102 4564 9105
4564 9068 4563 9067 4553 9066 4538 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 189DEG 31KT 4551 9078
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
TRH114
WWUS53 KMPX 111806
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
106 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011
WIC107-111815-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110511T1815Z/
RUSK WI-
106 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
RUSK COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM CDT...
AT 103 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HAWKINS...OR 18 MILES EAST OF LADYSMITH...MOVING NORTH
AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN RUSK COUNTY.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4544 9083 4549 9088 4564 9089 4564 9068
4563 9067 4553 9066 4542 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 190DEG 29KT 4557 9075
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
TRH596
WWUS53 KMPX 111813
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
113 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011
WIC107-111823-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-110511T1815Z/
RUSK WI-
113 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSK COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 115 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED TO BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS... ALTHOUGH SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 4544 9083 4549 9088 4564 9089 4564 9068
4563 9067 4553 9066 4542 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 189DEG 31KT 4564 9075
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 66 min |
| May 10, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 47 min |
| May 10, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 47 min |
| May 11, 9:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 54 min |
| May 11, 11:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Rusk | 74 min |
| May 11, 11:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin | 40 min |
| May 11, 12:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.