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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2017Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2017, 10:03 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 57 min. 4 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: Jun 11, 2017, 10:03 AM CDT (15:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2017, 11:00 AM CDT
In force: 57 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:03 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 11, 10:20 AM CDT	HAIL 1	3 N Bloomer, WI
Jun 11, 10:45 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	8 Nw Weyerhaeuser, WI	LARGE TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN AND POWER OUT.
Jun 11, 10:50 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Ladysmith, WI	NUMEROUS TREES OF ALL SIZES DOWN ALL OVER TOWN. POWER OUT AND A CAR BLOWN OFF THE ROAD.
Jun 11, 10:55 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Stanley, WI	TREES DOWN. RADAR ESTIMATED TIME.

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

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 11, 6:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2213 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 318 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

720 
WUUS53 KMPX 111503
SVRMPX
WIC017-107-111600-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0065.170611T1503Z-170611T1600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1003 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2017

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Rusk County in northwestern Wisconsin...
  Chippewa County in west central Wisconsin...

* Until 1100 AM CDT

* At 1003 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Barron to near Colfax, moving east at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Law enforcement. 

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

* Severe thunderstorms will be near,
  Bloomer around 1010 AM CDT. 
  Weyerhaeuser around 1025 AM CDT. 
  Cornell around 1030 AM CDT. 
  Bruce around 1035 AM CDT. 
  Ladysmith around 1040 AM CDT. 
  Hawkins around 1100 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Tony,
Island Lake, Holcombe, Tilden, Otter Lake, Jim Falls, Conrath,
Ingram, Chippewa Moraine State Rec Area and Glen Flora.

This includes U.S. Highway 53 between mile markers 93 and 119.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4537 9092 4486 9092 4486 9165 4520 9167
      4521 9154 4563 9154 4564 9068 4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 1503Z 259DEG 51KT 4546 9188 4503 9165 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

jrb

3 follow-up statements

724 
WWUS53 KMPX 111527
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1027 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2017

WIC017-107-111600-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-170611T1600Z/
Rusk WI-Chippewa WI-
1027 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FOR RUSK AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

At 1025 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Island Lake to near Lake Wissota, moving east at
70 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Law enforcement. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
         considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to 
         mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. 

These severe storms will be near...
  Ladysmith and Cadott around 1035 AM CDT. 
  Boyd around 1040 AM CDT. 
  Stanley and Sheldon around 1045 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Tony,
Island Lake, Holcombe, Tilden, Otter Lake, Jim Falls, Conrath,
Ingram, Chippewa Moraine State Rec Area and Glen Flora.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4537 9092 4486 9092 4486 9165 4520 9167
      4521 9154 4563 9154 4564 9068 4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 1525Z 274DEG 61KT 4537 9137 4496 9133 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

jrb

394 
WWUS53 KMPX 111541
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1041 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2017

WIC017-107-111600-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-170611T1600Z/
Rusk WI-Chippewa WI-
1041 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FOR RUSK AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

At 1040 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Conrath to near Boyd, moving east at 60 mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Law enforcement. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

These severe storms will be near...
  Hawkins around 1100 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Tony,
Island Lake, Holcombe, Tilden, Otter Lake, Jim Falls, Conrath,
Ingram, Chippewa Moraine State Rec Area and Glen Flora.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4537 9092 4486 9092 4486 9165 4516 9138
      4542 9141 4563 9154 4564 9068 4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 1540Z 259DEG 51KT 4541 9108 4500 9105 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

jrb

596 
WWUS53 KMPX 111551
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1051 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2017

WIC017-107-111600-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-170611T1600Z/
Rusk WI-Chippewa WI-
1051 AM CDT SUN JUN 11 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FOR RUSK AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

At 1050 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Glen Flora to near Junction, moving east at 60
mph.

HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Law enforcement. 

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees. 

These severe storms will be near...
  Hawkins around 1100 AM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include Tony,
Holcombe, Bateman, Eau Claire Airport, Otter Lake, Jim Falls,
Conrath, Rusk County Airport, Ingram and Glen Flora.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4537 9092 4486 9092 4486 9153 4516 9127
      4541 9129 4563 9140 4564 9068 4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 1550Z 259DEG 51KT 4544 9089 4503 9086 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

jrb

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 8:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pierce, Polk, Saint Croix	40 min
Jun 11, 9:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix	65 min
Jun 11, 9:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pepin, Pierce	38 min
Jun 11, 9:58 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Pepin, Pierce	32 min
Jun 11, 10:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin	56 min
Jun 11, 11:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Eau Claire	45 min
Jun 11, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron	61 min
Jun 11, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dunn	28 min
Jun 11, 6:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dunn	46 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.