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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2016, 3:42 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 48 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
- May 31, 2016, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 994 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
796
WUUS53 KMPX 312042
SVRMPX
WIC017-033-312130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0028.160531T2042Z-160531T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
342 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 342 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELK MOUND...OR
9 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLOOMER...CORNELL...COLFAX...ELK MOUND...NEW AUBURN...TILDEN AND
EAGLETON.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 53 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 100 AND 118.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4520 9109 4485 9156 4486 9163 4492 9178
4520 9163
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 216DEG 31KT 4494 9160
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JPC2 follow-up statements
922
WWUS53 KMPX 312102
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
402 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
WIC033-312112-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160531T2130Z/
DUNN WI-
402 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DUNN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DUNN
COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4520 9119 4496 9141 4495 9142 4501 9160
4520 9153
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 217DEG 28KT 4506 9147
$$
WIC017-312130-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160531T2130Z/
CHIPPEWA WI-
402 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...
AT 402 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLOOMER...OR 13
MILES NORTH OF EAU CLAIRE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLOOMER...TILDEN AND EAGLETON.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4520 9119 4496 9141 4495 9142 4501 9160
4520 9153
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 217DEG 28KT 4506 9147
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JPC959
WWUS53 KMPX 312121
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
421 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
WIC017-312131-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160531T2130Z/
CHIPPEWA WI-
421 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4520 9119 4496 9141 4495 9142 4501 9160
4520 9153
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 216DEG 31KT 4506 9147
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 23 min |
| May 31, 3:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn | 44 min |
| May 31, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 55 min |
| May 31, 4:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 4 hr |
| May 31, 4:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 31 min |
| May 31, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 62 min |
| May 31, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire, Rusk | 61 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.