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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 18, 2011Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2011, 8:20 PM CDT for Eau Claire 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
Jun 18, 2011, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Eau Claire County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 685 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 00:00Z on 2011-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
685 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

953 
WUUS53 KMPX 190120
SVRMPX
WIC035-190145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0090.110619T0120Z-110619T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
820 PM CDT SAT JUN 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 816 PM CDT...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 LAKE HALLIE TO 6
  MILES NORTHWEST OF STRUM...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.  NICKEL SIZE
  HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE DAMAGING WINDS.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  EAU CLAIRE...
  ALTOONA...
  BRACKETT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE
A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THESE STORMS.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 4485 9128 4460 9136 4461 9159 4485 9151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 274DEG 10KT 4484 9140 4460 9148
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.88IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin5 hr
Jun 18, 8:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXChippewa, Eau Claire4 hr
Jun 18, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire56 min
Jun 18, 8:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire6 hr
Jun 18, 10:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk60 min
Jun 19, 3:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXChippewa, Eau Claire3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.