Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 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 31, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:36 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Colfax, WI | |
| May 31, 7:00 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 W Bloomer, 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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.
280 WUUS53 KMPX 312330 SVRMPX WIC017-033-010000- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0032.130531T2330Z-130601T0000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 630 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... EAST CENTRAL DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 630 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MENOMONIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLFAX. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4516 9161 4501 9144 4487 9177 4494 9187 TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 221DEG 37KT 4497 9172 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ CLF
1 follow-up statement
613 WWUS53 KMPX 312351 SVSMPX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 651 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 WIC017-033-010000- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-130601T0000Z/ CHIPPEWA WI-DUNN WI- 651 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL DUNN AND WEST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 648 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOMER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES AND CROPS IS EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4516 9161 4503 9146 4493 9164 4504 9174 TIME...MOT...LOC 2351Z 221DEG 37KT 4512 9153 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ CLF
The 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, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 21 min |
| May 31, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 23 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 |
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.