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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 2016, 9:29 PM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 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
- Aug 10, 2016, 9:29 PM CDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2016, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 2446 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted.
952
WUUS53 KMPX 110229
SVRMPX
WIC033-091-093-109-110315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0204.160811T0229Z-160811T0315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
929 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
CENTRAL DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
NORTHWESTERN PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
* AT 929 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ROBERTS TO ELLSWORTH TO HAGER CITY...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
HAMMOND AROUND 935 PM CDT.
BALDWIN AROUND 940 PM CDT.
WOODVILLE AND ELMWOOD AROUND 945 PM CDT.
PLUM CITY AROUND 950 PM CDT.
GLENWOOD CITY...BOYCEVILLE AND KNAPP AROUND 955 PM CDT.
MENOMONIE AND EAU GALLE AROUND 1000 PM CDT.
DURAND AND WHEELER AROUND 1005 PM CDT.
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 4460 9189 4460 9200 4458 9203 4455 9204
4453 9231 4456 9234 4457 9255 4460 9256
4460 9259 4471 9253 4496 9262 4516 9187
4484 9175
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 256DEG 44KT 4491 9252 4473 9245 4458 9254
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
697
WWUS53 KMPX 110249
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
949 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
WIC033-091-093-109-110315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0204.000000T0000Z-160811T0315Z/
ST. CROIX WI-DUNN WI-PEPIN WI-PIERCE WI-
949 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST. CROIX...CENTRAL DUNN...NORTHWESTERN PEPIN AND
EASTERN PIERCE COUNTIES...
AT 949 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WOODVILLE TO NEAR ELMWOOD TO NEAR FRONTENAC STATE
PARK...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
EAU GALLE AND KNAPP AROUND 1000 PM CDT.
MENOMONIE AND DURAND AROUND 1010 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
TAINTER LAKE...EL PASO...ESDAILE...ARKANSAW...CEDAR
FALLS...PORCUPINE... DOWNING...HERSEY AND MARTEL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4460 9189 4460 9200 4458 9203 4455 9204
4453 9231 4456 9234 4457 9246 4475 9246
4499 9251 4516 9187 4484 9175
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 272DEG 35KT 4490 9225 4472 9218 4457 9227
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$189
WWUS53 KMPX 110313
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1013 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
WIC033-091-093-109-110322-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0204.000000T0000Z-160811T0315Z/
ST. CROIX WI-DUNN WI-PEPIN WI-PIERCE WI-
1013 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ST. CROIX...
CENTRAL DUNN...NORTHWESTERN PEPIN AND EASTERN PIERCE COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 1015 PM CDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 4460 9189 4460 9200 4458 9203 4455 9204
4453 9231 4456 9234 4457 9246 4475 9246
4499 9251 4516 9187 4484 9175
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 256DEG 44KT 4490 9225 4472 9218 4457 9227
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 63 min |
| Aug 11, 5:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 64 min |
| Aug 11, 6:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Rusk | 116 min |
| Aug 11, 7:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 66 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.