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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 19, 2016Barron County, Polk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2016, 11:30 PM CDT for Barron County, Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 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 19, 2016, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2016, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 616 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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.

853 
WWUS83 KMPX 200430
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1130 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

WIZ014-015-200515-
POLK-BARRON-
1130 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BARRON AND
EAST CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES THROUGH 1215 AM CDT...

AT 1129 PM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERED NEAR BALSAM LAKE...
OR 31 MILES WEST OF RICE LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...CHETEK...CUMBERLAND...CAMERON...TURTLE LAKE...BALSAM
LAKE...MILLTOWN...ALMENA...CLAYTON...HAUGEN AND SUMNER.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 53 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 129 AND 150.
 
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.

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

LAT...LON 4536 9251 4554 9252 4562 9165 4531 9164
TIME...MOT...LOC 0429Z 270DEG 48KT 4545 9237 

$$

JPC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope41 min
Jun 19, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle41 min
Jun 19, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns39 min
Jun 19, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSwift36 min
Jun 19, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXStearns25 min
Jun 19, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXStearns35 min
Jun 19, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift27 min
Jun 19, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison37 min
Jun 19, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns45 min
Jun 19, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMille Lacs33 min
Jun 19, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Meeker66 min
Jun 19, 9:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs29 min
Jun 19, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXIsanti34 min
Jun 19, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs42 min
Jun 19, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne37 min
Jun 19, 10:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville24 min
Jun 19, 10:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver31 min
Jun 19, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Renville39 min
Jun 19, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin42 min
Jun 19, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Wright19 min
Jun 19, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley44 min
Jun 19, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka32 min
Jun 20, 12:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue, Rice, Steele, Waseca42 min
Jun 20, 12:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXScott24 min
Jun 19, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSaint Croix49 min
Jun 20, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Rusk17 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.