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 Aug 4, 2016, 9:01 AM CDT for Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 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
- Aug 4, 2016, 9:01 AM CDT (14:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
As transmitted.
672 WWUS83 KMPX 041401 SPSMPX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 901 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 MNZ078-WIZ024>026-041430- GOODHUE-PEPIN-DUNN-PIERCE- 901 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL GOODHUE... SOUTHWESTERN DUNN...NORTHWESTERN PEPIN AND SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTIES... AT 901 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ESDAILE...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF RED WING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELMWOOD...PLUM CITY...BAY CITY...FRONTENAC...WACOUTA...ESDAILE...ARKANSAW AND FRONTENAC STATE PARK. LAT...LON 4448 9238 4464 9254 4484 9218 4465 9197 TIME...MOT...LOC 1401Z 237DEG 37KT 4460 9240 $$ SPD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 1:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 53 min |
| Aug 4, 2:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 67 min |
| Aug 4, 2:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 57 min |
| Aug 4, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 3:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 5:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 5:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 5:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 6:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 53 min |
| Aug 4, 7:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Ramsey, Rice and 2 more | 59 min |
| Aug 4, 7:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 8:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 22 min |
| Aug 4, 9:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pepin | 23 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.