Alert archive / Wisconsin / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Mar 19, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT for Barron County, Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 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 19, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2012, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 735 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 351 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
119
WWUS83 KMPX 200330
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1030 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
WIZ015-016-025-027-028-200415-
BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-RUSK-
1030 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE
AND RUSK COUNTIES THROUGH 1115 PM CDT...
AT 1024 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF CLAM FALLS
TO 5 MILES NORTH OF STRUM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
HILLSDALE.
SAND CREEK.
LAKE HALLIE.
NEW AUBURN.
SUMNER.
JIM FALLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
&&
LAT...LON 4459 9135 4460 9145 4561 9216 4565 9215
4564 9104
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 189DEG 51KT 4578 9218 4469 9141
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, Scott, Wright | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Wright | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Ramsey, Washington | 38 min |
| Mar 19, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 46 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Wisconsin, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012
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.