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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2016Barron County, Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2016, 2:55 PM CDT for Barron County, Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 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 10, 2016, 2:55 PM CDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 10, 2:44 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 203 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 746 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -336 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 236 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

388 
WUUS53 KMPX 101955
SVRMPX
WIC005-017-107-102100-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0035.160610T1955Z-160610T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
255 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHEASTERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
  NORTHERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 255 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BIRCHWOOD TO NEAR SAND CREEK...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LADYSMITH...CHETEK...BRUCE...NEW AUBURN...HAWKINS...WEYERHAEUSER...
  SHELDON...TONY...CONRATH...GLEN FLORA...INGRAM AND CHIPPEWA MORAINE
  STATE REC AREA.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 53 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 127.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4538 9072 4537 9092 4518 9093 4519 9167
      4521 9167 4521 9173 4564 9145 4563 9067
      4543 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 277DEG 31KT 4560 9141 4520 9175 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JLT

4 follow-up statements

176 
WWUS53 KMPX 102011
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
311 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

WIC005-017-107-102100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160610T2100Z/
RUSK WI-BARRON WI-CHIPPEWA WI-
311 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR RUSK...SOUTHEASTERN BARRON AND NORTHERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

AT 310 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR EXELAND TO NEW AUBURN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LADYSMITH...BRUCE...NEW AUBURN...HAWKINS...WEYERHAEUSER...SHELDON...TONY...
CONRATH...GLEN FLORA...INGRAM...CHIPPEWA MORAINE STATE REC AREA AND
HOLCOMBE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4538 9072 4537 9092 4518 9093 4519 9165
      4564 9145 4563 9067 4543 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 270DEG 32KT 4563 9121 4519 9157 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JLT

494 
WWUS53 KMPX 102032
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
332 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

WIC005-017-107-102100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160610T2100Z/
RUSK WI-BARRON WI-CHIPPEWA WI-
332 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR RUSK...SOUTHEASTERN BARRON AND NORTHERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

AT 331 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR EXELAND TO NEAR BRUCE TO NEAR NEW AUBURN...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LADYSMITH...BRUCE...NEW AUBURN...HAWKINS...WEYERHAEUSER...SHELDON...TONY...
CONRATH...GLEN FLORA...INGRAM...CHIPPEWA MORAINE STATE REC AREA AND
HOLCOMBE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4538 9072 4537 9092 4518 9093 4519 9165
      4564 9145 4563 9067 4543 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 273DEG 39KT 4562 9122 4540 9121 4522 9164 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RAH

986 
WWUS53 KMPX 102046
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
346 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

WIC005-102055-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160610T2100Z/
BARRON WI-
346 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BARRON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4538 9072 4537 9092 4518 9093 4519 9140
      4563 9102 4563 9067 4543 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 277DEG 37KT 4562 9076 4539 9084 4517 9108 

$$

WIC017-107-102100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160610T2100Z/
RUSK WI-CHIPPEWA WI-
346 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN RUSK AND NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

AT 345 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF HAWKINS TO NEAR JUMP RIVER TO NEAR
CORNELL...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LADYSMITH...HAWKINS...SHELDON...TONY...CONRATH...GLEN FLORA...INGRAM...RUSK
COUNTY AIRPORT AND HOLCOMBE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4538 9072 4537 9092 4518 9093 4519 9140
      4563 9102 4563 9067 4543 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 277DEG 37KT 4562 9076 4539 9084 4517 9108 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RAH

047 
WWUS53 KMPX 102054
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
354 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

WIC017-102104-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160610T2100Z/
CHIPPEWA WI-
354 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4538 9072 4537 9092 4563 9088 4563 9067
      4543 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 275DEG 34KT 4562 9066 4539 9074 4517 9098 

$$

WIC107-102100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160610T2100Z/
RUSK WI-
354 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RUSK COUNTY...

AT 354 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF KENNAN TO NEAR JUMP RIVER TO 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF COUNTY ROADS F AND H...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HAWKINS...GLEN FLORA AND INGRAM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE
OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM.

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4538 9072 4537 9092 4563 9088 4563 9067
      4543 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 275DEG 34KT 4562 9066 4539 9074 4517 9098 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RAH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Pepin, Pierce	57 min
Jun 10, 3:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire	52 min
Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin	29 min
Jun 10, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Eau Claire	37 min
Jun 10, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pepin	31 min
Jun 10, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin	31 min
Jun 10, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pierce	33 min
Jun 10, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Eau Claire	27 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.