Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2016, 5:11 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Dunn County, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 49 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, 5:11 PM CDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.
562
WUUS53 KMPX 212211
SVRMPX
WIC017-033-035-212300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0243.160921T2211Z-160921T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
511 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
NORTHWESTERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 510 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELK
MOUND...OR 7 MILES EAST 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...
ELK MOUND AROUND 515 PM CDT.
ALTOONA AND LAKE HALLIE AROUND 545 PM CDT.
CHIPPEWA FALLS AROUND 555 PM CDT.
EAU CLAIRE AROUND 600 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SEYMOUR... TILDEN...HOFFMAN HILLS REC AREA AND EAU CLAIRE AIRPORT.
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 4476 9184 4494 9188 4504 9142 4477 9136
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 261DEG 20KT 4487 9176
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
588
WWUS53 KMPX 212230
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
530 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
WIC033-212240-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0243.000000T0000Z-160921T2300Z/
DUNN WI-
530 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4476 9165 4498 9166 4499 9165 4504 9142
4477 9136
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 261DEG 20KT 4489 9161
$$
WIC017-035-212300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0243.000000T0000Z-160921T2300Z/
EAU CLAIRE WI-CHIPPEWA WI-
530 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN EAU CLAIRE AND SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...
AT 530 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELK
MOUND...OR 8 MILES WEST OF EAU CLAIRE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ALTOONA AND LAKE HALLIE AROUND 545 PM CDT.
EAU CLAIRE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS AROUND 555 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SEYMOUR... TILDEN AND EAU CLAIRE AIRPORT.
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 4476 9165 4498 9166 4499 9165 4504 9142
4477 9136
TIME...MOT...LOC 2230Z 261DEG 20KT 4489 9161
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$291
WWUS53 KMPX 212255
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
555 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
WIC017-035-212305-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0243.000000T0000Z-160921T2300Z/
EAU CLAIRE WI-CHIPPEWA WI-
555 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN EAU CLAIRE AND
SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4476 9165 4498 9166 4499 9165 4504 9142
4477 9136
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 261DEG 20KT 4489 9161
$$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, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 39 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 |
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.