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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2016, 4:29 PM CDT for Dunn County, Eau Claire County, Pepin County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 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, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.

786 
WUUS53 KMPX 102129 RRA
SVRMPX
WIC033-035-091-102200-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0044.160610T2129Z-160610T2200Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  WESTERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  NORTHEASTERN PEPIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 429 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM ALTOONA TO NEAR DURAND...MOVING EAST 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...ROCK FALLS...CARYVILLE AND SEYMOUR. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 94 IN WISCONSIN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 63 AND 70.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 53 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 89.

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 4460 9194 4465 9193 4485 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 278DEG 32KT 4481 9146 4463 9192 

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, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire37 min
Jun 10, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin31 min
Jun 10, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce33 min
Jun 10, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXEau Claire27 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.