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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2011, 5:56 PM CDT for Pepin County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 49 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 28, 2011, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2011, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Pepin County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
434
WWUS83 KMPX 282256
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
556 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011
WIZ025-026-028-282345-
DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-
556 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2011
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER DUNN...EAU CLAIRE AN PEPIN COUNTIES
THROUGH 645 PM CDT...
AT 552 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF EAU GALLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.
HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF COVERING THE GROUND WITH PEA TO
DIME SIZE HAIL...RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WHERE THE
HAIL OCCURS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING
ALONG HAIL COVERED ROAD.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
EAU GALLE.
ROCK FALLS.
ALTOONA.
BRACKETT.
FOSTER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 4459 9138 4458 9139 4459 9194 4459 9202
4484 9204 4486 9148 4486 9130 4459 9130
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 262DEG 32KT 4471 9189
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Redwood, Sibley | 7 min |
| May 28, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 34 min |
| May 28, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Le Sueur, McLeod, Rice, Scott and 1 more | 44 min |
| May 28, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 36 min |
| May 28, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Sibley | 39 min |
| May 28, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Scott | 45 min |
| May 28, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice, Scott | 33 min |
| May 28, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 48 min |
| May 28, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 40 min |
| May 28, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 47 min |
| May 28, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 42 min |
| May 28, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn | 44 min |
| May 28, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pepin, Pierce | 44 min |
| May 28, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 30 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.