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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 24, 2012Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 24, 2012, 4:13 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 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
May 24, 2012, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Rusk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2012-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2012-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

220 
WWUS83 KMPX 242113
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
413 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

WIZ015-016-025-027-242200-
BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-RUSK-
413 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER BARRON...CHIPPEWA...DUNN AND RUSK 
COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM CDT...

AT 411 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHETEK
TO NEW AUBURN TO 7 MILES EAST OF COLFAX. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  SAND CREEK.
  SUMNER.
  ISLAND LAKE.
  WEYERHAEUSER.
  BRUCE.
  SHELDON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 4537 9087 4537 9091 4530 9092 4530 9144
      4484 9166 4513 9168 4528 9192 4565 9144
      4565 9081 4551 9080
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 222DEG 55KT 4530 9171 4521 9158
          4502 9156

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXScott36 min
May 23, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota39 min
May 23, 9:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, Nicollet49 min
May 24, 1:23 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXCarver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott3 hr
May 24, 9:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota30 min
May 24, 9:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin, Scott24 min
May 24, 9:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChisago, Ramsey, Washington47 min
May 24, 10:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue27 min
May 24, 11:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchMPXCarver22 hr
May 24, 12:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSibley26 min
May 24, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver25 min
May 24, 1:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur37 min
May 24, 1:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRamsey50 min
May 24, 1:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more3 hr
May 24, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChisago37 min
May 24, 3:50 AM CDTWind AdvisoryMPXChippewa, Eau Claire, Rusk14 hr
May 24, 8:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Pepin, Rusk73 min
May 24, 8:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSaint Croix63 min
May 24, 11:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPierce52 min
May 24, 12:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDunn51 min
May 24, 12:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPolk32 min
May 24, 1:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Rusk58 min
May 24, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPierce31 min
May 24, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Dunn, Pepin54 min
May 24, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn30 min
May 24, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin57 min
May 24, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire35 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.