Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2012, 9:11 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Rusk 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
- Mar 16, 2012, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 873 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1711 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
938 WUUS53 KMPX 170211 SVRMPX WIC017-107-170300- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0001.120317T0211Z-120317T0300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 911 PM CDT FRI MAR 16 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... SOUTH CENTRAL RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 907 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CORNELL...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHIPPEWA FALLS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... CORNELL... HOLCOMBE... SHELDON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WIND OR HAIL DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 4496 9111 4526 9135 4538 9093 4520 9092 TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 213DEG 27KT 4513 9110 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN $$ DWE
1 follow-up statement
481 WWUS53 KMPX 170230 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 930 PM CDT FRI MAR 16 2012 WIC017-107-170300- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120317T0300Z/ CHIPPEWA WI-RUSK WI- 930 PM CDT FRI MAR 16 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RUSK AND NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 926 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES EAST OF HOLCOMBE...OR 17 MILES SOUTH OF LADYSMITH... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHELDON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES. && LAT...LON 4510 9110 4530 9118 4538 9093 4520 9092 TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 213DEG 27KT 4526 9098 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 58 min |
| Mar 16, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 59 min |
| Mar 16, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 51 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.