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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 242, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2016, 4:51 PM CDT for Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 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
- Sep 21, 2016, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Dunn County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 515 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted.
890
WUUS53 KMPX 212151
SVRMPX
WIC033-212230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0242.160921T2151Z-160921T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
451 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 450 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHEELER...OR
14 MILES NORTH OF MENOMONIE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WHEELER AROUND 455 PM CDT.
RIDGELAND AROUND 500 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SAND
CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4500 9204 4518 9208 4521 9192 4521 9167
4512 9167 4512 9165 4501 9166
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 261DEG 20KT 4511 9195
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
887
WWUS53 KMPX 212224
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
524 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
WIC033-212234-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0242.000000T0000Z-160921T2230Z/
DUNN WI-
524 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN DUNN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 530 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4500 9204 4518 9208 4521 9192 4521 9167
4512 9167 4512 9165 4501 9166
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 261DEG 20KT 4511 9195
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 26 min |
| Sep 20, 11:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pepin | 43 min |
| Sep 21, 1:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 24 min |
| Sep 21, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 28 min |
| Sep 21, 1:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 49 min |
| Sep 21, 2:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 38 min |
| Sep 21, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 56 min |
| Sep 21, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn | 64 min |
| Sep 21, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 49 min |
| Sep 21, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 43 min |
| Sep 21, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 96 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.