Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT for Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT (01:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barron County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:20 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | 2 Sw Rice Lake, WI | NEAR AIR PORT AND WALMART. |
| Aug 6, 8:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Rice Lake, WI | ALSO ESTIMATED 50 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 576 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
359
WUUS53 KMPX 070115
SVRMPX
WIC005-107-070200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0129.130807T0115Z-130807T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
815 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
SOUTHWESTERN RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 813 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RICE LAKE...
AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CANTON AND WEYERHAEUSER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4547 9130 4530 9140 4547 9188 4558 9181
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 290DEG 28KT 4548 9174
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SPD2 follow-up statements
819
WWUS53 KMPX 070141
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
841 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013
WIC005-107-070200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-130807T0200Z/
BARRON WI-RUSK WI-
841 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
RUSK AND EAST CENTRAL BARRON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
AT 840 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF RICE LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WEYERHAEUSER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4540 9165 4552 9158 4547 9130 4530 9140
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 290DEG 28KT 4541 9147
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$038 WWUS53 KMPX 070151 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 851 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 WIC005-107-070201- /O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-130807T0200Z/ BARRON WI-RUSK WI- 851 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 2013 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RUSK AND EAST CENTRAL BARRON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4540 9165 4552 9158 4547 9130 4530 9140 TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 290DEG 28KT 4538 9137 $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 57 min |
| Aug 6, 9:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn | 50 min |
| Aug 6, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Rusk | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire, Pepin | 39 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.