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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2016, 5:10 AM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 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 21, 2016, 5:10 AM CDT (10:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2016, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 21, 12:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 3666 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1087 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 22.0
The text
As transmitted.
217
WUUS53 KMPX 211010
SVRMPX
WIC005-017-033-107-211115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0170.160721T1010Z-160721T1115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
510 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
SOUTHEASTERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
NORTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 615 AM CDT
* AT 509 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR EXELAND TO NEAR RIDGELAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. SPOTTERS REPORTED TREES DOWN
IN BARRON COUNTY.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
BLOOMER AND HAWKINS AROUND 535 AM CDT.
CHIPPEWA FALLS AROUND 545 AM CDT.
LAKE WISSOTA AROUND 550 AM CDT.
CADOTT AROUND 555 AM CDT.
BOYD AROUND 600 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
TILDEN...JIM FALLS...CHIPPEWA MORAINE STATE REC AREA...HILLSDALE...
EAGLETON...INGRAM...HOLCOMBE...ISLAND LAKE...CONRATH AND RUSK COUNTY
AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 53 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 97 AND 135.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4537 9092 4490 9093 4491 9148 4521 9203
4564 9139 4563 9067 4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 1009Z 298DEG 48KT 4565 9117 4519 9195
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SPD2 follow-up statements
308
WWUS53 KMPX 211044
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
544 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2016
WIC005-211054-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-160721T1115Z/
BARRON WI-
544 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARRON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4537 9092 4490 9093 4491 9148 4506 9175
4564 9104 4563 9067 4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 1044Z 298DEG 48KT 4544 9062 4498 9140
$$
WIC017-033-107-211115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-160721T1115Z/
RUSK WI-DUNN WI-CHIPPEWA WI-
544 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM CDT
FOR RUSK...EAST CENTRAL DUNN AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...
AT 544 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF KENNAN TO NEAR TILDEN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
BOYD AROUND 605 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE ISLAND
LAKE...TILDEN...JIM FALLS...CONRATH...RUSK COUNTY AIRPORT...CHIPPEWA
MORAINE STATE REC AREA...EAGLETON...OTTER LAKE...TONY AND BATEMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4537 9092 4490 9093 4491 9148 4506 9175
4564 9104 4563 9067 4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 1044Z 298DEG 48KT 4544 9062 4498 9140
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
SPD261
WWUS53 KMPX 211112
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
612 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2016
WIC017-033-107-211122-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0170.000000T0000Z-160721T1115Z/
RUSK WI-DUNN WI-CHIPPEWA WI-
612 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RUSK...EAST CENTRAL DUNN AND
CHIPPEWA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 AM CDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4537 9092 4490 9093 4491 9148 4506 9175
4564 9104 4563 9067 4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 1111Z 298DEG 48KT 4544 9062 4498 9140
$$
SPDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 66 min |
| Jul 21, 4:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Saint Croix | 58 min |
| Jul 21, 4:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce | 65 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.