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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 30, 20114 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2011, 1:34 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 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 30, 2011, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.75 in
Wind
65.0 mph

Counties Barron County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 329 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2011-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2011-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-800 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

932 
WUUS53 KMPX 301834
SVRMPX
WIC005-033-095-109-301900-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0067.110530T1834Z-110530T1900Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
134 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
  NORTHWESTERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
  NORTHEASTERN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 128 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 65 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TURTLE
  LAKE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF AMERY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  RICE LAKE...
  COMSTOCK...
  BARRON...
  CUMBERLAND...
  HAUGEN...
  BRILL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...WHICH CAN
SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGE WINDOWS...SIDING AND VEHICLES. DAMAGING WINDS
ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL UPROOT TREES AND DOWN POWER LINES.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4563 9212 4562 9162 4511 9207 4516 9240
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 218DEG 39KT 4541 9216
WIND...HAIL 65MPH 1.75IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 2:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron47 min
May 30, 10:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPolk38 min
May 30, 10:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk, Saint Croix50 min
May 30, 10:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPolk38 min
May 30, 11:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron30 min
May 30, 12:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pierce, Saint Croix27 min
May 30, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix34 min
May 30, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin, Pierce35 min
May 30, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDunn44 min
May 30, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Rusk35 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.