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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 31, 2013Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2013, 4:21 PM CDT for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 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
May 31, 2013, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2013, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Eau Claire County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 31, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2013-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 60 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2013-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 256 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
60 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-221 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1191 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

513 
WUUS53 KMPX 312121
SVRMPX
WIC035-312145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0023.130531T2121Z-130531T2145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
421 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 418 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF EAU CLAIRE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FALL CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4467 9130 4473 9144 4486 9133 4486 9121
      4481 9110
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 216DEG 36KT 4474 9135

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$
1 follow-up statement
947 
WWUS53 KMPX 312140
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
440 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

WIC035-312151-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130531T2145Z/
EAU CLAIRE WI-
440 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4467 9130 4473 9144 4486 9133 4486 9121
      4481 9110
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 220DEG 24KT 4483 9122

$$

CLF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin40 min
May 31, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire29 min
May 31, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa33 min
May 31, 4:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPolk27 min
May 31, 4:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXEau Claire23 min
May 31, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSaint Croix27 min
May 31, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron24 min
May 31, 5:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk21 min
May 31, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSaint Croix19 min
May 31, 5:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix33 min
May 31, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk27 min
May 31, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Saint Croix21 min
May 31, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn33 min
May 31, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn21 min
May 31, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn23 min
May 31, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn30 min
May 31, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire, Pepin33 min
May 31, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau 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.