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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2016Chippewa County, Dunn County, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2016, 3:38 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Dunn County, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 2016, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 10, 3:48 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Menomonie, WI	MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY. ACCORDING TO THE EAU CLAIRE LEADER TELEGRAM 1200 EXCEL ENERGY CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER AS OF 10 PM. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR
Jun 10, 3:48 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Menomonie, WI	MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 10, 4:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Elk Mound, WI	NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 10, 4:08 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 S Knapp, WI	OCCURRED NEAR THE KNAPP HILL AREA ON I-94.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

704 
WUUS53 KMPX 102038
SVRMPX
WIC017-033-035-102130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0039.160610T2038Z-160610T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  NORTHWESTERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 338 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MENOMONIE...
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
           TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
           ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  EAU CLAIRE...MENOMONIE...LAKE HALLIE...COLFAX...ELK MOUND...KNAPP...
  WESTON...TAINTER LAKE...HOFFMAN HILLS REC AREA...CEDAR FALLS...EAU
  CLAIRE AIRPORT AND MENOMONIE AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN WISCONSIN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND
60.
 
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 WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4473 9213 4497 9213 4510 9154 4485 9145
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 260DEG 28KT 4490 9199 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

RAH

1 follow-up statement

941 
WWUS53 KMPX 102104
SVSMPX

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

WIC017-033-035-102130-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160610T2130Z/
DUNN WI-EAU CLAIRE WI-CHIPPEWA WI-
404 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN DUNN...NORTHWESTERN EAU CLAIRE AND SOUTHWESTERN
CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

AT 403 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ELK MOUND TO DOWNSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE 
         TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE HOMES...
         ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EAU CLAIRE...MENOMONIE...LAKE HALLIE...COLFAX...ELK MOUND...HOFFMAN HILLS
REC AREA...CEDAR FALLS...EAU CLAIRE AIRPORT...MENOMONIE AIRPORT AND
DOWNSVILLE.

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 WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4475 9203 4496 9193 4504 9152 4485 9145
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 303DEG 31KT 4494 9164 4478 9191 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

RAH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Chippewa, Rusk	65 min
Jun 10, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Pepin, Pierce	57 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

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.