Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2013, 6:09 PM CDT for Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 21 min. 1 report 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 31, 2013, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Dunn County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:13 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Menomonie, WI |
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 31, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
810
WUUS53 KMPX 312309
SVRMPX
WIC033-312330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0030.130531T2309Z-130531T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
609 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 607 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MENOMONIE...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MENOMONIE AND TAINTER LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4497 9197 4500 9184 4494 9183 4483 9196
4490 9205
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 217DEG 23KT 4489 9197
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
CLF2 follow-up statements
461
WWUS53 KMPX 312317
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
617 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
WIC033-312330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-130531T2330Z/
DUNN WI-
617 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DUNN
COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 616 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MENOMONIE...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TAINTER LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4495 9198 4497 9197 4500 9184 4494 9183
4491 9187
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 218DEG 30KT 4495 9190
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
CLF217
WWUS53 KMPX 312318
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
618 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
WIC033-312330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-130531T2330Z/
DUNN WI-
618 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DUNN
COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM CDT...
AT 616 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MENOMONIE...
AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TAINTER LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4495 9198 4497 9197 4500 9184 4494 9183
4491 9187
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 218DEG 30KT 4496 9189
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
CLFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 40 min |
| May 31, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 29 min |
| May 31, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 33 min |
| May 31, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 24 min |
| May 31, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 27 min |
| May 31, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 23 min |
| May 31, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Saint Croix | 27 min |
| May 31, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 24 min |
| May 31, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 21 min |
| May 31, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 19 min |
| May 31, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix | 33 min |
| May 31, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 27 min |
| May 31, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Saint Croix | 21 min |
| May 31, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 33 min |
| May 31, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 23 min |
| May 31, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn | 30 min |
| May 31, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire, Pepin | 33 min |
| May 31, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 35 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.