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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 13, 2016Barron County, Chippewa County, Dunn County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 2016, 11:23 AM CDT for Barron County, Chippewa County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2016, 11:23 AM CDT (16:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2020 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 286 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 331 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 6.8

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The text

As transmitted.

909 
WUUS53 KMPX 131623
SVRMPX
WIC005-017-033-131700-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0154.160713T1623Z-160713T1700Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1123 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
  NORTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1122 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  WHEELER...OR 14 MILES NORTH OF MENOMONIE...MOVING EAST AT 65 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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLOOMER AND NEW AUBURN AROUND 1140 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SAND
CREEK AND CHIPPEWA MORAINE STATE REC AREA.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 53 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 110 AND 125.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4499 9194 4517 9203 4529 9161 4529 9131
      4512 9133
TIME...MOT...LOC 1622Z 249DEG 58KT 4511 9191 

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

RAH

2 follow-up statements

414 
WWUS53 KMPX 131635
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1135 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

WIC005-017-033-131700-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-160713T1700Z/
BARRON WI-DUNN WI-CHIPPEWA WI-
1135 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BARRON...NORTHEASTERN DUNN AND NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA
COUNTIES...

AT 1135 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SAND
CREEK...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF MENOMONIE...MOVING EAST AT 60 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. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW AUBURN AROUND 1140 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SAND
CREEK AND CHIPPEWA MORAINE STATE REC AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4503 9176 4525 9176 4529 9161 4529 9131
      4512 9133
TIME...MOT...LOC 1635Z 248DEG 51KT 4517 9169 

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

RAH

624 
WWUS53 KMPX 131645
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1145 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

WIC033-131655-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-160713T1700Z/
DUNN WI-
1145 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4510 9163 4519 9163 4529 9161 4529 9131
      4516 9133
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 256DEG 49KT 4524 9152 

$$

WIC005-017-131700-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-160713T1700Z/
BARRON WI-CHIPPEWA WI-
1145 AM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BARRON AND NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

AT 1145 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEW
AUBURN...OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RICE LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 55 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 REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN BARRON AND NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: CHIPPEWA MORAINE STATE REC AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4510 9163 4519 9163 4529 9161 4529 9131
      4516 9133
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 256DEG 49KT 4524 9152 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RAH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 10:41 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pierce	34 min
Jul 13, 11:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Saint Croix	29 min
Jul 13, 12:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rusk	37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.