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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 15, 2017Pierce County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2017, 8:01 PM CDT for Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2017, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2017, 8:33 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Pierce County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 15, 8:15 PM CDTHAIL 16 S River Falls, WI
Apr 15, 8:20 PM CDTHAIL 0.755 Nw Ellsworth, WI

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 2017-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 174 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 2017-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
174 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

278 
WUUS53 KMPX 160101
SVRMPX
WIC093-160145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0018.170416T0101Z-170416T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
801 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2017

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Pierce County in west central Wisconsin...

* Until 845 PM CDT

* At 801 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Prescott, or
  7 miles southwest of River Falls, moving east at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* This severe thunderstorm will be near,
  River Falls around 815 PM CDT. 
  Ellsworth around 830 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Beldenville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4477 9280 4486 9276 4486 9247 4471 9250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 271DEG 24KT 4480 9275 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF
2 follow-up statements
723 
WWUS53 KMPX 160114
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
814 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2017

WIC093-160145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-170416T0145Z/
Pierce WI-
814 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN PIERCE COUNTY...

At 814 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near River Falls,
moving east at 30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

This severe storm will be near...
  Ellsworth around 825 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Beldenville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4476 9273 4486 9267 4486 9247 4471 9250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 276DEG 27KT 4479 9262 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF
812 
WWUS53 KMPX 160133
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
833 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2017

WIC093-160143-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-170416T0145Z/
Pierce WI-
833 PM CDT SAT APR 15 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PIERCE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved into northeastern 
Pierce county. Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 4476 9273 4486 9267 4486 9247 4471 9250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 271DEG 24KT 4479 9244 

$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPolk31 min
Apr 15, 8:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce35 min
Apr 15, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDunn33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.