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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 6, 2017Dunn County, Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 6, 2017, 7:01 PM CST for Dunn County, Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 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
Mar 6, 2017, 7:01 PM CST (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2017, 7:30 PM CST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dunn County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 6, 2:43 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 2017-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 923 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 2017-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 432 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
923 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
432 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
528 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
10.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

733 
WUUS53 KMPX 070101
SVRMPX
WIC033-093-109-070130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0014.170307T0101Z-170307T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
701 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Pierce County in west central Wisconsin...
  West central Dunn County in west central Wisconsin...
  Southeastern St. Croix County in west central Wisconsin...

* Until 730 PM CST

* At 700 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Martel, or 11
  miles east of River Falls, moving northeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* This severe thunderstorm will be near,
  Baldwin and Woodville around 710 PM CST. 
  Knapp around 720 PM CST. 
  Glenwood City and Boyceville around 725 PM CST. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Downing,
Hersey, El Paso, Emerald, Wilson, Forest and Martel.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for west central
Wisconsin.

LAT...LON 4468 9233 4492 9257 4518 9220 4500 9196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 223DEG 44KT 4482 9238 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
151 
WWUS53 KMPX 070120
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
720 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

WIC093-070129-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-170307T0130Z/
Pierce WI-
720 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for west central
Wisconsin.

LAT...LON 4490 9208 4485 9213 4487 9214 4485 9216
      4485 9224 4503 9242 4518 9220 4500 9196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 223DEG 44KT 4500 9215 

$$

WIC033-109-070130-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-170307T0130Z/
Dunn WI-St. Croix WI-
720 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CST
FOR WEST CENTRAL DUNN AND SOUTHEASTERN ST. CROIX COUNTIES...

At 719 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wilson, or 13
miles northwest of Menomonie, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

This severe storm will be near...
  Boyceville around 725 PM CST. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Wilson,
Forest, Downing, Hersey and Emerald.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for west central
Wisconsin.

LAT...LON 4490 9208 4485 9213 4487 9214 4485 9216
      4485 9224 4503 9242 4518 9220 4500 9196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 223DEG 44KT 4500 9215 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
327 
WWUS53 KMPX 070127
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
727 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

WIC033-109-070136-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0014.000000T0000Z-170307T0130Z/
Dunn WI-St. Croix WI-
727 PM CST MON MAR 6 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL DUNN AND
SOUTHEASTERN ST. CROIX COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CST...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CST for west central
Wisconsin.

LAT...LON 4490 9208 4485 9213 4487 9214 4485 9216
      4485 9224 4503 9242 4518 9220 4500 9196
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 223DEG 44KT 4506 9208 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 6:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.