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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 3, 2016Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2016, 4:40 PM CDT for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 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
Jun 3, 2016, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.88 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Eau Claire County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 224 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1410 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
224 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

311 
WUUS53 KMPX 032140
SVRMPX
WIC035-032215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0029.160603T2140Z-160603T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
440 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 439 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER REQUA...OR 16
  MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITEHALL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  AUGUSTA...FAIRCHILD...FOSTER AND LAKE EAU CLAIRE COUNTY PARK. 

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN WISCONSIN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 81 AND
86.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4460 9129 4464 9133 4486 9092 4460 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 237DEG 32KT 4458 9117 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
118 
WWUS53 KMPX 032212
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
512 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

WIC035-032221-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160603T2215Z/
EAU CLAIRE WI-
512 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4460 9129 4464 9133 4486 9092 4460 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 237DEG 32KT 4458 9117 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 4:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXEau Claire40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.