Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2014, 8:04 PM CDT for Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 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
- Sep 3, 2014, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 3, 2014, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Polk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 8:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Luck, WI | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 2049 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 337 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.4
- Supercell composite
- 14.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
644
WUUS53 KMPX 040104
SVRMPX
WIC095-040145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0118.140904T0104Z-140904T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
804 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 802 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STRAIGHT LAKE WILDERNESS STATE
PARK TO 7 MILES WEST OF BALSAM LAKE TO CENTER CITY...AND MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BALSAM LAKE...AMERY...STRAIGHT LAKE WILDERNESS STATE PARK...
DRESSER...OSCEOLA...OSCEOLA AIRPORT...MCKINLEY...RANGE...
WANDEROOS...DERONDA...JOEL...CLAYTON AND CLEAR LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4560 9215 4521 9216 4521 9241 4528 9276
4533 9270 4536 9270 4541 9264 4544 9264
4548 9269 4553 9272 4564 9265 4565 9251
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 282DEG 40KT 4557 9248 4543 9258
4534 9282
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
474
WWUS53 KMPX 040123
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
823 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014
WIC095-040145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0118.000000T0000Z-140904T0145Z/
POLK WI-
823 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POLK COUNTY
UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 821 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF TURTLE LAKE TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
AMERY TO 9 MILES WEST OF AMERY...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IN ADDITION... LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AMERY...DERONDA...JOEL...CLAYTON AND CLEAR LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4560 9215 4521 9216 4521 9241 4528 9276
4533 9270 4536 9270 4541 9264 4544 9264
4548 9269 4553 9272 4564 9265 4565 9251
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 282DEG 40KT 4553 9218 4539 9229
4530 9253
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$476
WWUS53 KMPX 040136
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
836 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014
WIC095-040145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0118.000000T0000Z-140904T0145Z/
POLK WI-
836 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN POLK
COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 836 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BARRON TO TURTLE LAKE TO AMERY...
AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
ROOFS AND OUTBUILDINGS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CLEAR LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS!
&&
LAT...LON 4560 9215 4521 9216 4521 9241 4528 9276
4533 9270 4549 9235 4562 9227
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 282DEG 40KT 4550 9196 4536 9207
4527 9231
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 8:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn | 63 min |
| Sep 3, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 55 min |
| Sep 3, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn | 56 min |
| Sep 3, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn | 62 min |
| Sep 3, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pierce | 31 min |
| Sep 4, 8:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Polk | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 9:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 46 min |
| Sep 4, 9:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 42 min |
| Sep 4, 1:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Saint Croix | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 117 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.