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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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.
- 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
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
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 11:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 43 min |
| Aug 19, 12:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 1:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, McLeod, Rice, Scott, Steele and 1 more | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 1:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 24 min |
| Aug 19, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Sherburne, Washington and 1 more | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Washington | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin, Pierce | 27 min |
| Aug 19, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Saint Croix | 22 min |
| Aug 19, 4:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 58 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.