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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 20, 2016Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 2016, 12:29 AM CDT for Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 17 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 20, 2016, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2016, 12:46 AM CDT
In force: 17 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barron County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:30 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 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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: 616 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -295 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

020 
WUUS53 KMPX 200529
SVRMPX
WIC005-107-200615-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0089.160620T0529Z-160620T0615Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1229 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN RUSK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
  NORTHERN BARRON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 115 AM CDT

* AT 1229 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BARRONETT...
  OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF SPOONER...MOVING EAST AT 55 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. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HAUGEN AROUND 1240 AM CDT. 
  LADYSMITH AROUND 115 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BRILL...
MIKANA AND BARRONETT.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 53 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 149 AND 152.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4548 9109 4563 9213 4564 9212 4564 9102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 278DEG 47KT 4566 9197 

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

JPC

1 follow-up statement

539 
WWUS53 KMPX 200546
SVSMPX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1246 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2016

WIC005-107-200556-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0089.000000T0000Z-160620T0615Z/
RUSK WI-BARRON WI-
1246 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN RUSK AND NORTHERN
BARRON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THE TWIN CITIES.

LAT...LON 4548 9109 4563 9213 4564 9212 4564 9102
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 278DEG 47KT 4563 9165 

$$

JPC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 11:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Saint Croix	49 min
Jun 19, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron, Polk	45 min
Jun 20, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pepin	42 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.