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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 6, 2016Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Sep 6, 2016, 7:31 AM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 119 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: Sep 6, 2016, 7:31 AM CDT (12:31 UTC)
Expired: Sep 6, 2016, 9:30 AM CDT
In force: 119 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Rusk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 252 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 583 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 6, 6:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 6:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 6, 4:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
400 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016

MNZ051>053-059>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-070900-
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
400 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS THE
AREA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. WIDESPREAD
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED, BUT A FEW STRONGER STORMS COULD
PRODUCE WIND AND HAIL. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY LEAD
TO FLOODING PROBLEMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MNZ041>045-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-070900-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
400 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TODAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 6, 4:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
448 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016

MNZ051-059-061-061015-
ANOKA-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-
448 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN
SHERBURNE...CENTRAL WRIGHT AND NORTHWESTERN ANOKA COUNTIES...

AT 447 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A BROKEN LINE EXTENDING FROM BIG LAKE TO WAVERLY. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUFFALO...RAMSEY...ELK RIVER...ST. MICHAEL...OTSEGO...MONTICELLO...
BIG LAKE...ALBERTVILLE...NOWTHEN...HANOVER...
BUFFALO AIRPORT AND RASSAT.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND 205.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 200 AND 216.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159 AND 164.

LAT...LON 4538 9337 4521 9360 4520 9363 4521 9364
      4519 9366 4518 9365 4512 9373 4507 9406
      4539 9379
TIME...MOT...LOC 0947Z 247DEG 36KT 4532 9373 4509 9398

Special weather statement, Sep 6, 5:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
518 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016

WIZ015-016-061100-
RUSK-BARRON-
518 AM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016

...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED...

VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL AFFECT
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

RUSK...BARRON...

AT 518 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED
FLOODING WAS OVER RICE LAKE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...CHETEK...CAMERON...BRUCE...PRAIRIE FARM...
DALLAS...WEYERHAEUSER...SUMNER...CANTON...
RICE LAKE AIRPORT AND HILLSDALE.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 53 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 142.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 4529 9141 4529 9153 4523 9154 4521 9158
      4521 9202 4554 9172 4547 9127 4536 9126
TIME...MOT...LOC 1018Z 180DEG 0KT 4529 9160

JRB

Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:31 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 6, 4:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	27 min
Sep 6, 2:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rice	38 min
Sep 6, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	44 min
Sep 6, 5:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron	42 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.