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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 200, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 20, 2012Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2012, 5:11 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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 20, 2012, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 5:32 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 401 N Jump River, 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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 2012-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 737 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 2012-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 272 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
737 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
358 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
15.1

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The text

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

981 
WUUS53 KMPX 202211
SVRMPX
WIC017-107-202245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0200.120620T2211Z-120620T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
511 PM CDT WED JUN 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 507 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  BRUCE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LADYSMITH...AND MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  LADYSMITH...
  BRUCE...
  ISLAND LAKE...
  CONRATH...
  SHELDON...
  TONY...
  GLEN FLORA...
  HAWKINS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4537 9070 4537 9076 4537 9091 4524 9092
      4522 9140 4562 9131 4564 9068 4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 260DEG 40KT 4543 9113
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.75IN

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 3:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXBarron, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Rusk and 1 more4 hr
Jun 20, 4:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce, Saint Croix52 min
Jun 20, 4:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXChippewa, Eau Claire, Rusk3 hr
Jun 20, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire44 min
Jun 20, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk42 min
Jun 20, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire44 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.