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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 28, 2011Pepin County, Wisconsin

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2011-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2011-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Redwood, Sibley7 min
May 28, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley34 min
May 28, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Dakota, Le Sueur, McLeod, Rice, Scott and 1 more44 min
May 28, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley36 min
May 28, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Sibley39 min
May 28, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice, Scott45 min
May 28, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice, Scott33 min
May 28, 4:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota48 min
May 28, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue40 min
May 28, 4:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs47 min
May 28, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRice42 min
May 28, 4:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDunn44 min
May 28, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPepin, Pierce44 min
May 28, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXEau Claire30 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.