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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 19, 2012Chippewa County, Dunn County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2012, 3:19 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Dunn County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 19, 2012, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2012, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2012-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 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.

743 
WWUS83 KMPX 190819
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
319 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

WIZ014-015-023>025-027-190900-
BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-PIERCE-POLK-ST. CROIX-
319 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

AT 314 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF WILSON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  DOWNING.
  KNAPP.
  BOYCEVILLE.
  MENOMONIE.
  WHEELER.
  TAINTER LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4528 9095 4487 9092 4486 9275 4530 9272
TIME...MOT...LOC 0818Z 254DEG 21KT 4500 9214

$$
DWE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 11:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine43 min
Jun 19, 1:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi49 min
Jun 19, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood60 min
Jun 19, 2:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa38 min
Jun 19, 2:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine40 min
Jun 19, 2:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin, Ramsey, Washington62 min
Jun 19, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley46 min
Jun 19, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Rice, Scott and 1 more41 min
Jun 19, 3:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott45 min
Jun 19, 3:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Wright40 min
Jun 19, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott50 min
Jun 19, 4:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Ramsey, Washington64 min
Jun 19, 4:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue52 min
Jun 19, 5:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRamsey, Washington37 min
Jun 19, 6:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington34 min
Jun 19, 11:57 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXWright9 days
Jun 19, 12:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchMPXTodd25 hr
Jun 19, 12:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchMPXHennepin, Wright10 hr
Jun 19, 6:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas46 min
Jun 19, 4:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa45 min
Jun 19, 5:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.