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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 31, 2013Barron County, Polk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2013, 5:33 PM CDT for Barron County, Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 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, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 144 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.

700 
WUUS53 KMPX 312233
SVRMPX
WIC005-095-312300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0027.130531T2233Z-130531T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
  NORTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 527 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF
  TURTLE LAKE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MCKINLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4564 9214 4565 9209 4565 9203 4554 9212
      4557 9222 4570 9216 4569 9214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 209DEG 28KT 4562 9213

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH

$$

CLF
1 follow-up statement
729 
WWUS53 KMPX 312242
SVSMPX

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

WIC005-095-312252-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130531T2300Z/
BARRON WI-POLK WI-
542 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN POLK AND
NORTHWESTERN BARRON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 4564 9214 4565 9209 4565 9203 4554 9212
      4557 9222 4570 9216 4569 9214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2242Z 209DEG 28KT 4568 9208

$$

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, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire24 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, 5:39 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.