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Wind Advisory 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 24, 2012Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this wind advisory at May 24, 2012, 3:50 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It took effect at May 24, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2012, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
In effect from
May 24, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 24, 2012, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 256 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2012-05-24Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2012-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 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.

763 
WWUS73 KMPX 240850
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
350 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN WISCONSIN...

.A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM CDT TODAY DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR
WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST. A
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THIS MORNING IN
THE PLAINS. THIS STRONG SPRING SYSTEM WILL GENERATE WINDS ACROSS
WISCONSIN TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ROUGHLY ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM EAU CLAIRE TO LADYSMITH.

WIZ016-027-028-241700-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0014.120524T1700Z-120524T2300Z/
RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...
EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
350 AM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...WINDS INCREASE EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
  BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH

* IMPACTS...THE STRONG WIND COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT
  DRIVING...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ON
  I-94. THE WIND COULD ALSO TAKE DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
284 
WWUS73 KMPX 242238
NPWMPX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
538 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

...WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM...

.WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS THE AFFECTED
AREA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR
PORTIONS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN.

WIZ016-027-028-242345-
/O.EXP.KMPX.WI.Y.0014.000000T0000Z-120524T2300Z/
RUSK-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...
EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
538 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ALLOWED
THE WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN TO EXPIRE.
WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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, 10:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce27 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, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk47 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.