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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 19, 2016Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2016, 3:24 AM CDT for Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 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 19, 2016, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 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 2016-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 185 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 184 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
185 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-378 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2171 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

998 
WWUS83 KMPX 190824
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
324 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016

MNZ078-WIZ023>026-190900-
GOODHUE-PEPIN-ST. CROIX-DUNN-PIERCE-
324 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL GOODHUE...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. CROIX...SOUTHWESTERN DUNN...PEPIN AND PIERCE
COUNTIES THROUGH 400 AM CDT...

AT 324 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR BELDENVILLE TO PEPIN TO COUNTY ROADS
137 AND 136. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MENOMONIE...ELLSWORTH...DURAND...WOODVILLE...GLENWOOD CITY...
BOYCEVILLE...PEPIN...ELMWOOD...EAU GALLE...PLUM CITY...
BAY CITY AND KNAPP.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 94 IN WISCONSIN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 42.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 75 AND 82...AND NEAR MILE MARKER
85.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

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.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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 4459 9167 4459 9202 4456 9204 4450 9205
      4441 9209 4445 9227 4470 9270 4510 9214
      4464 9164 4460 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0824Z 246DEG 39KT 4479 9247 4445 9214 4389 9219 

$$

JPC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRice51 min
Aug 18, 11:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXYellow Medicine52 min
Aug 18, 11:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue43 min
Aug 19, 12:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley57 min
Aug 19, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Le Sueur, McLeod, Rice, Scott, Steele and 1 more45 min
Aug 19, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, McLeod47 min
Aug 19, 2:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Wright24 min
Aug 19, 2:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Sherburne, Washington and 1 more60 min
Aug 19, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington44 min
Aug 19, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Isanti, Washington45 min
Aug 18, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce27 min
Aug 19, 3:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce, Saint Croix22 min
Aug 19, 4:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more58 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.