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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 6, 2011Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2011, 5:26 PM CDT for Eau Claire 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
Aug 6, 2011, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Eau Claire County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2011-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 690 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 12:00Z on 2011-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
690 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

431 
WWUS83 KMPX 062226
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
526 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

WIZ028-062315-
EAU CLAIRE-
526 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER EAU CLAIRE COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM CDT...

AT 526 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF FALL CREEK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BRACKETT.
  FALL CREEK.
  AUGUSTA.
  FAIRCHILD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 4459 9092 4460 9107 4471 9139 4484 9134
      4486 9124 4486 9092 4483 9091 4463 9092
      4460 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 282DEG 31KT 4478 9129

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 10:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Sherburne, Wright3 hr
Aug 6, 10:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXDouglas, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd4 hr
Aug 6, 11:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison61 min
Aug 6, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison53 min
Aug 6, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti, Kanabec31 min
Aug 6, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka25 min
Aug 6, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWashington27 min
Aug 6, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington46 min
Aug 6, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas24 min
Aug 6, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns46 min
Aug 6, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron47 min
Aug 6, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSaint Croix45 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Wisconsin, 2011Every special weather statement 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.