Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 215, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2016, 11:46 PM CDT for Dunn County, Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 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 18, 2016, 11:46 PM CDT (04:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2016, 12:13 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:48 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -378 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
387
WUUS53 KMPX 190446
SVRMPX
WIC033-091-093-190530-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0215.160819T0446Z-160819T0530Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1146 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
NORTH CENTRAL PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
* AT 1146 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
ESDAILE...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF RED WING...MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
PLUM CITY AROUND 1205 AM CDT.
ELMWOOD AROUND 1215 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ARKANSAW
AND ESDAILE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4456 9234 4456 9247 4468 9252 4483 9208
4460 9200
TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 253DEG 26KT 4464 9242
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
030
WWUS53 KMPX 190458
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1158 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
WIC033-091-093-190530-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0215.000000T0000Z-160819T0530Z/
DUNN WI-PEPIN WI-PIERCE WI-
1158 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN DUNN...NORTH CENTRAL PEPIN AND SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE
COUNTIES...
AT 1158 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PLUM
CITY...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF RED WING...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PLUM CITY AROUND 1205 AM CDT.
ELMWOOD AROUND 1215 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ARKANSAW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4456 9234 4462 9240 4471 9243 4483 9208
4460 9200
TIME...MOT...LOC 0458Z 253DEG 26KT 4467 9230
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF222
WWUS53 KMPX 190513
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1213 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016
WIC033-091-093-190523-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0215.000000T0000Z-160819T0530Z/
DUNN WI-PEPIN WI-PIERCE WI-
1213 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DUNN...NORTH
CENTRAL PEPIN AND SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4456 9234 4462 9240 4471 9243 4483 9208
4460 9200
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 253DEG 26KT 4470 9215
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 43 min |
| Aug 19, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 3:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pepin, Pierce | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Saint Croix | 22 min |
| Aug 19, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.