Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2013, 4:27 PM CDT for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 48 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
- May 29, 2013, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2013, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Eau Claire County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 4:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fairchild, WI | LARGE TREE DOWN IN THE CENTER OF TOWN. |
| May 29, 4:55 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sse Eau Claire, WI | A FEW TREES DOWN. NEAR HWY 93 AND GOLF ROAD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
347
WUUS53 KMPX 292127
SVRMPX
WIC035-292215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0018.130529T2127Z-130529T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
427 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 426 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONDOVI TO 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF STRUM TO BLAIR...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALLEN...FOSTER...BRACKETT...FALL CREEK...AUGUSTA...FAIRCHILD AND
LUDINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4459 9094 4459 9159 4460 9162 4486 9137
4486 9091 4460 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 221DEG 32KT 4465 9155 4449 9127
4431 9117
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CLF2 follow-up statements
785
WWUS53 KMPX 292158
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
458 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
WIC035-292215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-130529T2215Z/
EAU CLAIRE WI-
458 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAU CLAIRE
COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 453 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST OF EAU CLAIRE TO 9 MILES NORTH OF
PRICE TO HUMBIRD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LUDINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4459 9094 4459 9105 4470 9152 4486 9137
4486 9096 4485 9091 4460 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 219DEG 35KT 4485 9130 4475 9097
4463 9083
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
CLF178
WWUS53 KMPX 292212
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
512 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
WIC035-292222-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-130529T2215Z/
EAU CLAIRE WI-
512 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4459 9094 4459 9105 4470 9152 4486 9137
4486 9096 4485 9091 4460 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 219DEG 35KT 4496 9118 4485 9085
4473 9071
$$
CLFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pepin | 65 min |
| May 29, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 41 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.