Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 3:28 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Cumberland, WI | 2 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 CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 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.
- 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
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
$$
AJZ1 follow-up statement
192
WWUS53 KMPX 142036
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
336 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
WIC005-107-142100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-120614T2100Z/
BARRON WI-RUSK WI-
336 PM CDT THU JUN 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
RUSK AND NORTHERN BARRON COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
AT 328 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY OF CUMBERLAND
ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BRILL...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF RICE LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHWESTERN RUSK COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4536 9165 4557 9213 4564 9211 4564 9100
4558 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 250DEG 61KT 4569 9156
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
AJZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 6:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 55 min |
| Jun 14, 7:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn | 38 min |
| Jun 14, 7:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 12:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Saint Croix | 53 min |
| Jun 14, 1:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 36 min |
| Jun 14, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk, Saint Croix | 47 min |
| Jun 14, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pepin | 36 min |
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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.