Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2012, 6:48 PM CDT for Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 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
- Jul 6, 2012, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2012, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 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 Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 2912 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 925 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
215
WUUS53 KMPX 062348
SVRMPX
WIC005-107-070030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0217.120706T2348Z-120707T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
648 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
NORTHWESTERN RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 730 PM CDT
* AT 647 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60
MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MIKANA
TO CAMERON TO PRAIRIE FARM...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
RICE LAKE...
BARRON...
MIKANA...
CAMERON...
PRAIRIE FARM...
HILLSDALE...
CANTON...
CHETEK...
WEYERHAEUSER...
BRUCE...
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 4529 9155 4521 9155 4521 9215 4545 9189
4562 9162 4554 9109
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 288DEG 20KT 4553 9158 4542 9176
4527 9200
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
626
WWUS53 KMPX 070012
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
712 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012
WIC005-107-070030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0217.000000T0000Z-120707T0030Z/
BARRON WI-RUSK WI-
712 PM CDT FRI JUL 6 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN RUSK
AND SOUTHEASTERN BARRON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...
AT 710 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM WEYERHAEUSER TO CANTON TO RIDGELAND...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHETEK...WEYERHAEUSER AND BRUCE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO
AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4529 9155 4521 9155 4521 9203 4559 9142
4554 9109
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 288DEG 20KT 4549 9140 4538 9158
4523 9182
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 50 min |
| Jul 6, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.