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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2016, 4:23 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 10, 4:25 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG3 S Chippewa Falls, WITREE TOPPLED. .

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2016-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 746 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 236 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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.

948 
WUUS53 KMPX 102123
SVRMPX
WIC017-035-102200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0042.160610T2123Z-160610T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 422 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM EIDSVOLD TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE...MOVING EAST AT 45 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...CHIPPEWA FALLS...ALTOONA...LAKE HALLIE...STANLEY...LAKE
  WISSOTA...AUGUSTA...CADOTT...FALL CREEK...BOYD...FAIRCHILD AND
  LUDINGTON.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 94 IN WISCONSIN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 71 AND 86.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 53 NEAR MILE MARKER 86...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 91 AND
98.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4460 9139 4493 9148 4502 9092 4460 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 288DEG 39KT 4494 9087 4486 9140 

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

RAH
1 follow-up statement
316 
WWUS53 KMPX 102141
SVSMPX

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

WIC017-035-102200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-160610T2200Z/
EAU CLAIRE WI-CHIPPEWA WI-
441 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR EAU CLAIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

AT 441 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FALL CREEK...OR
10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE...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...ALTOONA...LAKE HALLIE...STANLEY...AUGUSTA...FALL CREEK...BOYD...
FAIRCHILD...LUDINGTON...FOSTER...SEYMOUR AND LAKE EAU CLAIRE COUNTY
PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 4485 9146 4497 9092 4460 9092 4460 9139
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 294DEG 32KT 4479 9125 

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

RAH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Chippewa, Rusk65 min
Jun 10, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce57 min
Jun 10, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire52 min
Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Eau Claire, Pepin29 min
Jun 10, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin31 min
Jun 10, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Eau Claire, Pepin31 min
Jun 10, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce33 min
Jun 10, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXEau Claire27 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.