Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2011, 1:16 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Rusk 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
- May 22, 2011, 1:16 PM CDT (18:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
905
WUUS53 KMPX 221816
SVRMPX
WIC017-107-221900-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0048.110522T1816Z-110522T1900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
116 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 114 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH
OF ISLAND LAKE...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LADYSMITH...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
LADYSMITH...
ISLAND LAKE...
HOLCOMBE...
WEYERHAEUSER...
BRUCE...
CONRATH...
TONY...
GLEN FLORA...
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.
REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WIND OR HAIL DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
&&
LAT...LON 4563 9070 4532 9099 4510 9127 4528 9154
4565 9153
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 211DEG 54KT 4526 9131
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
513
WWUS53 KMPX 221842
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
142 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
WIC017-221857-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110522T1900Z/
CHIPPEWA WI-
142 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 4530 9123 4531 9153 4565 9153 4563 9070
4532 9099
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 222DEG 34KT 4547 9108
$$
WIC107-221900-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110522T1900Z/
RUSK WI-
142 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RUSK COUNTY
UNTIL 200 PM CDT...
AT 137 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR LADYSMITH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TONY AND GLEN FLORA.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH NOT IMMEDIATELY
LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.
&&
LAT...LON 4530 9123 4531 9153 4565 9153 4563 9070
4532 9099
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 222DEG 34KT 4547 9108
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 10:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 48 min |
| May 22, 11:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix | 47 min |
| May 22, 12:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix | 40 min |
| May 22, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Rusk | 47 min |
| May 22, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix | 49 min |
| May 22, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix | 35 min |
| May 22, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 38 min |
| May 22, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Polk | 41 min |
| May 22, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 46 min |
| May 22, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 29 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.