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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 6, 2013Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 6, 8:20 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 502 Sw Rice Lake, WINEAR AIR PORT AND WALMART.
Aug 6, 8:20 PM CDTHAIL 1Rice Lake, WIALSO 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 6, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2013-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 576 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2013-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

SPD
2 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk42 min
Aug 6, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron34 min
Aug 6, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce57 min
Aug 6, 9:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn50 min
Aug 6, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Rusk43 min
Aug 6, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire, Pepin39 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.