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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 31, 2013Dunn County, Wisconsin

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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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
May 31, 6:13 PM CDTHAIL 1Menomonie, 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.

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

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.

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

$$

CLF
2 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

$$

CLF
217 
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

$$

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, 5:33 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, 6:22 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.