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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 221, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2016, 3:38 AM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 22 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 19, 2016, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 22 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), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.
392
WUUS53 KMPX 190838
SVRMPX
WIC033-091-093-109-190900-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0221.160819T0838Z-160819T0900Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
338 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
WESTERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT
* AT 337 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEW RICHMOND TO PLUM CITY TO NEAR MILLVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
NEW RICHMOND AROUND 345 AM CDT.
ELMWOOD AND EAU GALLE AROUND 350 AM CDT.
PEPIN AROUND 400 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
BURKHARDT...ARKANSAW...PORCUPINE...DOWNING...HOULTON...HAGER
CITY...NEW RICHMOND AIRPORT...CYLON...ELLA AND EL PASO.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN WISCONSIN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND
46.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4460 9184 4459 9197 4460 9200 4458 9203
4441 9209 4445 9224 4450 9230 4456 9234
4457 9255 4471 9265 4517 9276 4512 9217
4521 9215 4489 9182
TIME...MOT...LOC 0837Z 229DEG 32KT 4509 9255 4465 9220 4425 9225
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JPC1 follow-up statement
540
WWUS53 KMPX 190853
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
353 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016
WIC033-091-093-109-190900-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0221.000000T0000Z-160819T0900Z/
ST. CROIX WI-DUNN WI-PEPIN WI-PIERCE WI-
353 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT
FOR ST. CROIX...WESTERN DUNN...WESTERN PEPIN AND EASTERN PIERCE
COUNTIES...
AT 353 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR DEER PARK TO NEAR DOWNSVILLE TO WABASHA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
MENOMONIE AROUND 400 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
ARKANSAW...PORCUPINE...DOWNING...HOULTON...CYLON...ELLA...EL
PASO...EMERALD... CEDAR FALLS AND BOARDMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
THE TWIN CITIES.
&&
LAT...LON 4460 9184 4459 9197 4460 9200 4458 9203
4441 9209 4458 9224 4476 9244 4515 9267
4512 9217 4521 9215 4489 9182
TIME...MOT...LOC 0853Z 229DEG 37KT 4521 9235 4477 9200 4437 9205
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JPCThe 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 18, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin, Pierce | 27 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, 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.