Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2015
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2015, 10:18 PM CDT for Barron County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 57 min. 3 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
- Jul 12, 2015, 10:18 PM CDT (03:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2015, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barron County, WI, Dunn County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 11:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 S Almena, WI | COUPLE SMALL TREES PUSHED OVER IN ARLAND WI |
| Jul 12, 11:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Arland, WI | COUPLE SMALL TREES PUSHED OVER IN ARLAND WI |
| Jul 12, 11:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Rice Lake, WI | A COUPLE LARGE 2 FOOT TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 3598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 12.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
857
WUUS53 KMPX 130318
SVRMPX
WIC005-033-130415-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0080.150713T0318Z-150713T0415Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1018 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
* AT 1017 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BALSAM
LAKE...OR 30 MILES WEST OF RICE LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
TURTLE LAKE AROUND 1040 PM CDT.
ALMENA AROUND 1045 PM CDT.
BARRON AROUND 1105 PM CDT.
RICE LAKE AND CAMERON AROUND 1110 PM CDT.
CHETEK AROUND 1115 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE TAINTER
LAKE...HOFFMAN HILLS REC AREA...RICE LAKE AIRPORT...DOWNING...
HILLSDALE...ARLAND...CEDAR FALLS...COMSTOCK...MIKANA AND BARRONETT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN WISCONSIN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND
54.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4521 9167 4487 9166 4486 9213 4564 9213
4563 9154 4522 9155
TIME...MOT...LOC 0317Z 280DEG 29KT 4548 9236
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DWE1 follow-up statement
349
WWUS53 KMPX 130356
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1056 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015
WIC005-033-130415-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-150713T0415Z/
DUNN WI-BARRON WI-
1056 PM CDT SUN JUL 12 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR DUNN AND BARRON COUNTIES...
AT 1056 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SPOONER LAKE TO NEAR CUMBERLAND AIRPORT TO
EMERALD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
RICE LAKE...BARRON AND KNAPP AROUND 1115 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
TAINTER LAKE...HOFFMAN HILLS REC AREA...RICE LAKE AIRPORT...
DOWNING...HILLSDALE...ARLAND...CEDAR FALLS...COMSTOCK...MIKANA AND
BARRONETT.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN WISCONSIN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND
54.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4521 9167 4487 9166 4486 9213 4564 9213
4563 9154 4522 9155
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 275DEG 19KT 4579 9174 4549 9201 4506 9224
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DWEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 51 min |
| Jul 12, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 61 min |
| Jul 12, 10:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Saint Croix | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Rusk | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 11:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn, Pepin, Pierce | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pepin | 64 min |
| Jul 13, 2:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Saint Croix | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 3:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 21 min |
| Jul 13, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 20 min |
| Jul 13, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Saint Croix | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 23 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.