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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2015, 5:34 PM CDT for Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 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 3, 2015, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 5:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 E Ellsworth, WI |
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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
459
WUUS53 KMPX 032234
SVRMPX
WIC093-032300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0006.150503T2234Z-150503T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
534 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 534 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BELDENVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF RIVER FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELLSWORTH...SPRING VALLEY...EL PASO...DIAMOND BLUFF...MARTEL AND
BELDENVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4465 9263 4479 9269 4487 9243 4485 9224
4466 9217
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 257DEG 20KT 4474 9258
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JPC1 follow-up statement
054
WWUS53 KMPX 032253
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
553 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 2015
WIC093-032300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-150503T2300Z/
PIERCE WI-
553 PM CDT SUN MAY 3 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTY...
AT 553 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ELLSWORTH TO NEAR FRONTENAC STATE PARK...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELLSWORTH...SPRING VALLEY...EL PASO...DIAMOND BLUFF...MARTEL AND
BELDENVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A
STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4465 9263 4477 9260 4487 9243 4485 9224
4466 9217
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 264DEG 21KT 4474 9247 4458 9237
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 52 min |
| May 3, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 54 min |
| May 3, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix | 62 min |
| May 3, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pepin | 34 min |
| May 3, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 67 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.