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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

October 17, 2016Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Oct 17, 2016, 4:42 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 63 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
Oct 17, 2016, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired
Oct 17, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Rusk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 12:00Z on 2016-10-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 67 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 12:00Z on 2016-10-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -53 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
67 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-360 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

019 
WWUS83 KMPX 172142
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
442 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

WIZ015-016-025-027-172245-
RUSK-DUNN-BARRON-CHIPPEWA-
442 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN RUSK...
SOUTHEASTERN BARRON...NORTHEASTERN DUNN AND NORTHERN CHIPPEWA
COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM CDT...

AT 441 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SAND CREEK TO NEAR CEDAR FALLS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MENOMONIE...LADYSMITH...BLOOMER...CORNELL...COLFAX...BRUCE...
NEW AUBURN...SAND CREEK...TONY...CONRATH...
TAINTER LAKE AND CHIPPEWA MORAINE STATE REC AREA.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 53 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 108 AND 124.
 
LAT...LON 4556 9091 4520 9105 4492 9188 4513 9185
      4541 9142
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 238DEG 37KT 4511 9171 4496 9185 

$$

JPC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 5:31 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi and 15 more5 hr
Oct 17, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin30 min
Oct 17, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWashington38 min
Oct 17, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington33 min
Oct 17, 2:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk15 min
Oct 17, 5:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron31 min
Oct 17, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce, Saint Croix52 min
Oct 17, 6:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk37 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.