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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 2, 2011Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2011, 3:29 AM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 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
Aug 2, 2011, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2011, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 219 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 2011-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2011-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 308 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-595 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1515 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
308 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
808 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.9

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The text

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

227 
WWUS83 KMPX 020829
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
329 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011

WIZ016-020915-
RUSK-
329 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO RUSK COUNTY THROUGH 415 AM CDT...

AT 325 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF EDGEWATER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BRUCE.
  LADYSMITH.
  TONY.
  GLEN FLORA.
  SHELDON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE 
THUNDERSTORM. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND PONDING 
OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4537 9076 4537 9091 4530 9092 4529 9093
      4542 9136 4564 9153 4565 9127 4564 9068
      4563 9067 4541 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 0828Z 315DEG 44KT 4572 9132

$$

JLT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 12:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXTodd57 hr
Aug 2, 5:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine64 min
Aug 2, 6:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope, Stevens54 min
Aug 2, 6:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift51 min
Aug 2, 6:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Swift64 min
Aug 2, 7:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright67 min
Aug 2, 7:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Carver, Isanti, McLeod, Sherburne, Sibley and 1 more36 min
Aug 2, 7:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Stearns51 min
Aug 2, 7:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Sherburne, Wright48 min
Aug 2, 8:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs55 min
Aug 2, 8:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Isanti, Washington74 min
Aug 1, 9:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Chippewa81 min
Aug 1, 10:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk54 min
Aug 2, 4:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Polk, Rusk58 min
Aug 2, 4:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk, Rusk54 min
Aug 2, 4:44 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Polk, Rusk6 hr
Aug 2, 5:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Rusk61 min
Aug 2, 9:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk62 min
Aug 2, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Rusk93 min
Aug 2, 9:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBarron, Rusk5 hr

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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.