Alert archive / Wisconsin / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2016, 4:32 PM CDT for Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 28 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
- May 28, 2016, 4:32 PM CDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 89 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
547 WWUS83 KMPX 282132 SPSMPX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 432 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016 MNZ078-WIZ024-282200- GOODHUE-PIERCE- 432 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN GOODHUE AND SOUTH CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTIES... AT 431 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER RED WING... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RED WING...ELLSWORTH...BAY CITY...ESDAILE...HAGER CITY AND RED WING AIRPORT. THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 89 AND 97. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 4452 9253 4456 9266 4476 9257 4472 9233 TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 206DEG 26KT 4458 9257 $$ ADL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 12:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 39 min |
| May 28, 1:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 41 min |
| May 28, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 50 min |
| May 28, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 21 min |
| May 28, 3:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 33 min |
| May 28, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 24 min |
| May 28, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn | 45 min |
| May 28, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 38 min |
| May 28, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 29 min |
| May 28, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 52 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.