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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 14, 2012Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2012, 3:25 PM CDT for Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2012, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2012, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Barron County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 3:28 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDCumberland, WI2 SPOTTED W AND NW OF CUMBERLAND...THEY WERE TO FAR AWAY TO TELL IF TOUCHED DOWN. ALSO REPORTED QUARTER SIZED HAIL
Jun 14, 3:36 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 S Mikana, WI

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2012-06-14Temperature 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 2012-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 475 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1268 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
475 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
442 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

227 
WUUS53 KMPX 142025
SVRMPX
WIC005-107-142100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0154.120614T2025Z-120614T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
325 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
  NORTHWESTERN RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 322 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAUGEN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICE
  LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  RICE LAKE...
  HAUGEN...
  BARRONETT...
  CUMBERLAND...
  CAMERON...
  CANTON...
  BRILL...
  MIKANA...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4536 9165 4557 9213 4564 9211 4564 9100
      4558 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 250DEG 61KT 4563 9179
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

AJZ
1 follow-up statement
192 
WWUS53 KMPX 142036
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
336 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

WIC005-107-142100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-120614T2100Z/
BARRON WI-RUSK WI-
336 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
RUSK AND NORTHERN BARRON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...

AT 328 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY OF CUMBERLAND
ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
BRILL...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF RICE LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN RUSK COUNTY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4536 9165 4557 9213 4564 9211 4564 9100
      4558 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 250DEG 61KT 4569 9156
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

AJZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 6:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron55 min
Jun 14, 7:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Dunn38 min
Jun 14, 7:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron51 min
Jun 14, 9:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPolk49 min
Jun 14, 12:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSaint Croix53 min
Jun 14, 1:22 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix3 hr
Jun 14, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk36 min
Jun 14, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk, Saint Croix47 min
Jun 14, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.