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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 28, 2016Pierce County, Wisconsin

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2016-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 12:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth39 min
May 28, 1:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault41 min
May 28, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin50 min
May 28, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota21 min
May 28, 3:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota33 min
May 28, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPierce24 min
May 28, 5:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDunn45 min
May 28, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron38 min
May 28, 6:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXEau Claire29 min
May 28, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.