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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 28, 2017Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2017, 4:23 PM CDT for Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min. 5 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 28, 2017, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2017, 5:03 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 28, 4:25 PM CDTTORNADO6 N Ellsworth, WI*** 1 INJ *** TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH FROM 6 N ELLSWORTH TO 2 SSE SPRING VALLEY. SEVERAL HOMES HAD ROOF DAMAGE, AND ONE TRUCK WAS PUSHED OUT OF THE GARAGE AND FLIPPED ONTO THE FRONT YARD. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 105 MPH, DAMAGE LENGTH
Jun 28, 4:25 PM CDTTORNADO6 N Ellsworth, WI*** 1 INJ *** TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED ALONG THE DAMAGE PATH FROM 6 N ELLSWORTH TO 2 SSW SPRING VALLEY. SEVERAL HOMES HAD ROOF DAMAGE, AND ONE TRUCK WAS PUSHED OUT OF THE GARAGE AND FLIPPED ONTO THE FRONT YARD. MAXIMUM WIND SPEED 105 MPH, DAMAGE LENGTH
Jun 28, 4:31 PM CDTTORNADO6 Nne Ellsworth, WI0.25 MILE SOUTH OF 650TH STREET AND 780TH AVE...HALF A HOME DESTROYED...TREES DOWN.
Jun 28, 4:44 PM CDTTORNADO4 Wsw Spring Valley, WICORRECTED AMENDED UPDATED...MULTIPLE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HOUSES.
Jun 28, 4:44 PM CDTTORNADO4 Wsw Spring Valley, WI

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 28, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2017-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 6 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 2017-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 511 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
6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
511 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
568 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

659 
WUUS53 KMPX 282123
SVRMPX
WIC093-109-282215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0092.170628T2123Z-170628T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
423 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2017

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

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

* Until 515 PM CDT

* At 423 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near River Falls,
  moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* This severe thunderstorm will be near,
  Baldwin around 440 PM CDT. 
  Woodville around 445 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Martel,
Wilson and Hersey.

This includes Interstate 94 in Wisconsin between mile markers 15 and
31.
 
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 CDT for west central
Wisconsin.

LAT...LON 4480 9254 4491 9260 4503 9214 4482 9214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 251DEG 29KT 4485 9252 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
378 
WWUS53 KMPX 282203
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
503 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2017

WIC093-109-282212-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-170628T2215Z/
Pierce WI-St. Croix WI-
503 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PIERCE AND
SOUTHEASTERN ST. CROIX COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect for southeast Pierce 
county.

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

LAT...LON 4480 9254 4491 9260 4503 9214 4482 9214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 251DEG 29KT 4495 9209 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 2:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPierce34 min
Jun 28, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce24 min
Jun 28, 4:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSaint Croix33 min
Jun 28, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix32 min
Jun 28, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce46 min
Jun 28, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSaint Croix63 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.