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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2016, 10:01 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Dunn County, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 22, 2016, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 990 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1119 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 7.4
The text
As transmitted.
747
WFUS53 KMPX 230301
TORMPX
WIC017-033-035-230345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0022.160623T0301Z-160623T0345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1001 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
NORTHWESTERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
* AT 1000 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER HOFFMAN HILLS REC AREA...OR NEAR
MENOMONIE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
COLFAX AROUND 1005 PM CDT.
ELK MOUND AROUND 1015 PM CDT.
LAKE HALLIE AROUND 1035 PM CDT.
ALTOONA AROUND 1040 PM CDT.
EAU CLAIRE AROUND 1045 PM CDT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 94 IN WISCONSIN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 47 AND 67.
U.S. HIGHWAY 53 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 89 AND 99.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4494 9191 4506 9186 4494 9137 4472 9151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 297DEG 25KT 4495 9181
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
BORGHOFF4 follow-up statements
987
WWUS53 KMPX 230314
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1014 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
WIC017-033-035-230345-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160623T0345Z/
DUNN WI-EAU CLAIRE WI-CHIPPEWA WI-
1014 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL DUNN...NORTHWESTERN EAU CLAIRE AND SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA
COUNTIES...
AT 1014 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ELK MOUND...OR 10 MILES EAST OF MENOMONIE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE HALLIE AROUND 1035 PM CDT.
CHIPPEWA FALLS AROUND 1040 PM CDT.
EAU CLAIRE AND ALTOONA AROUND 1045 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HOFFMAN HILLS REC AREA...EAU CLAIRE AIRPORT AND SEYMOUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4493 9184 4502 9175 4494 9137 4472 9151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 293DEG 22KT 4491 9168
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
BORGHOFF563
WWUS53 KMPX 230326
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1026 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
WIC017-033-035-230345-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160623T0345Z/
DUNN WI-EAU CLAIRE WI-CHIPPEWA WI-
1026 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL DUNN...NORTHWESTERN EAU CLAIRE AND SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA
COUNTIES...
AT 1026 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER ELK MOUND...OR 9 MILES WEST OF EAU CLAIRE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE HALLIE AROUND 1040 PM CDT.
EAU CLAIRE AND ALTOONA AROUND 1045 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE EAU
CLAIRE AIRPORT AND SEYMOUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4486 9174 4497 9168 4494 9137 4472 9151
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 299DEG 19KT 4488 9163
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
BORGHOFF525
WWUS53 KMPX 230337
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1037 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
WIC033-230347-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160623T0345Z/
DUNN WI-
1037 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DUNN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4484 9144 4472 9151 4483 9166 4493 9159
4491 9139
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 299DEG 20KT 4485 9155
$$
WIC017-035-230345-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160623T0345Z/
EAU CLAIRE WI-CHIPPEWA WI-
1037 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN EAU CLAIRE AND SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...
AT 1037 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR EAU CLAIRE AIRPORT...OR NEAR EAU CLAIRE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE HALLIE AROUND 1040 PM CDT.
EAU CLAIRE AND ALTOONA AROUND 1045 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE EAU
CLAIRE AIRPORT AND SEYMOUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4484 9144 4472 9151 4483 9166 4493 9159
4491 9139
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 299DEG 20KT 4485 9155
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
BORGHOFF403
WWUS53 KMPX 230344
SVSMPX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1044 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
WIC017-035-230353-
/O.EXP.KMPX.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160623T0345Z/
EAU CLAIRE WI-CHIPPEWA WI-
1044 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN EAU CLAIRE AND SOUTHWESTERN
CHIPPEWA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IF THE STORM
RESTRENGTHENS...A NEW WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4484 9144 4472 9151 4483 9166 4493 9159
4491 9139
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 297DEG 25KT 4485 9155
$$
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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.