Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2017, 4:59 PM CDT for Dunn County, Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2017, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 5:12 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 1 W Durand, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
546
WUUS53 KMPX 282159
SVRMPX
WIC033-091-093-282245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0093.170628T2159Z-170628T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
459 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2017
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Pepin County in west central Wisconsin...
East central Pierce County in west central Wisconsin...
Southern Dunn County in west central Wisconsin...
* Until 545 PM CDT
* At 458 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Arkansaw, or
19 miles southwest of Menomonie, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
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.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near,
Eau Galle around 505 PM CDT.
Durand around 515 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Arkansaw
and Porcupine.
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 4459 9167 4460 9200 4457 9204 4459 9219
4475 9216 4471 9165 4460 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 281DEG 25KT 4466 9211
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$1 follow-up statement
866
WWUS53 KMPX 282215
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
515 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2017
WIC093-282225-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-170628T2245Z/
Pierce WI-
515 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for west central
Wisconsin.
LAT...LON 4459 9168 4460 9200 4457 9204 4458 9213
4459 9214 4466 9214 4474 9208 4471 9165
4460 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 281DEG 25KT 4464 9195
$$
WIC033-091-282245-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0093.000000T0000Z-170628T2245Z/
Pepin WI-Dunn WI-
515 PM CDT WED JUN 28 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR PEPIN AND SOUTHEASTERN DUNN COUNTIES...
At 515 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Durand, or 14
miles west of Mondovi, moving east at 30 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 remain over mainly rural areas of Pepin
and southeastern Dunn Counties, including the following locations:
Arkansaw and Porcupine.
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 4459 9168 4460 9200 4457 9204 4458 9213
4459 9214 4466 9214 4474 9208 4471 9165
4460 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 281DEG 25KT 4464 9195
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 34 min |
| Jun 28, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 24 min |
| Jun 28, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Saint Croix | 33 min |
| Jun 28, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Saint Croix | 63 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.