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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 9, 2012Chippewa County, Dunn County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2012, 3:06 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 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
Aug 9, 2012, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2012, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2012-08-09Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2012-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -74 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
921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-25 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.

043 
WWUS83 KMPX 092006
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
306 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012

WIZ016-023>025-027-028-092045-
CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PIERCE-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
306 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO/DEVELOPING OVER CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU
CLAIRE...PIERCE...RUSK AND ST. CROIX COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM CDT...

AT 304 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST OF JUMP RIVER
TO BLOOMER TO HAMMOND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  CORNELL.
  HERSEY.
  JIM FALLS.
  SPRING VALLEY.
  BATEMAN.
  LAKE HALLIE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 4481 9130 4475 9224 4503 9240 4516 9147
      4531 9092 4530 9092 4491 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 345DEG 24KT 4529 9058 4508 9144
          4495 9246

$$

CLF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWabasha31 min
Aug 9, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue53 min
Aug 9, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Rusk56 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.