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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 7, 2014Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2014, 6:28 PM CDT for Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 7, 2014, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 7, 6:45 PM CDTHAIL 18 Sw Durand, 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
Jul 7, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2014-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2014-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

084 
WUUS53 KMPX 072328
SVRMPX
WIC091-093-080000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0063.140707T2328Z-140708T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
628 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 625 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
  ELLSWORTH...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
  MAIDEN ROCK...PLUM CITY...PORCUPINE...ELLA AND ARKANSAW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4448 9205 4453 9231 4456 9235 4456 9245
      4458 9255 4473 9254 4472 9213 4469 9213
      4468 9202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 276DEG 34KT 4463 9242

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

SPD
1 follow-up statement
634 
WWUS53 KMPX 072341
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
641 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

WIC091-093-080000-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-140708T0000Z/
PEPIN WI-PIERCE WI-
641 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
PIERCE AND WESTERN PEPIN COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 638 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
FRONTENAC STATE PARK...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
PLUM CITY...PORCUPINE...ELLA AND ARKANSAW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4448 9205 4453 9231 4456 9235 4457 9243
      4471 9236 4472 9214 4469 9213 4468 9202
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 276DEG 34KT 4462 9223

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

SPD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 1:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Rusk39 min
Jul 7, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSaint Croix30 min
Jul 7, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXEau Claire, Pepin49 min
Jul 7, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire40 min
Jul 7, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk29 min
Jul 7, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin, Pierce49 min
Jul 7, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPierce15 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.