Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2017
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2017, 6:14 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 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
- May 16, 2017, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2017, 6:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Chippewa County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 241 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.3
The text
As transmitted.
397
WFUS53 KMPX 162314
TORMPX
WIC017-170000-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0010.170516T2314Z-170517T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
614 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Chippewa County in west central Wisconsin...
* Until 700 PM CDT
* At 614 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over New Auburn, or 22 miles south of Rice Lake, moving
east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Bloomer around 620 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Chippewa Moraine State Rec Area.
This includes U.S. Highway 53 between mile markers 112 and 119.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4511 9165 4512 9167 4521 9167 4521 9155
4526 9153 4530 9136 4529 9123 4509 9118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 262DEG 39KT 4519 9160
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
jrb3 follow-up statements
758
WWUS53 KMPX 162330
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
630 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
WIC017-170000-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-170517T0000Z/
Chippewa WI-
630 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY...
At 630 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Chippewa Moraine State Rec Area, or 21 miles
southwest of Ladysmith, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Chippewa County, including the following locations:
Chippewa Moraine State Rec Area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4515 9142 4520 9148 4526 9148 4530 9136
4529 9123 4515 9119
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 262DEG 39KT 4521 9135
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
jrb132
WWUS53 KMPX 162341
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
641 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
WIC017-170000-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-170517T0000Z/
Chippewa WI-
641 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY...
At 640 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Holcombe, or 17 miles south of Ladysmith, moving
east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
north central Chippewa County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4516 9127 4520 9130 4525 9131 4529 9123
4515 9119
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 262DEG 39KT 4523 9118
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
jrb525
WWUS53 KMPX 162349
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
649 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
WIC017-162358-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-170517T0000Z/
Chippewa WI-
649 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for west central
Wisconsin.
Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning still remains in effect for
715 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4516 9127 4520 9130 4525 9131 4529 9123
4515 9119
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 262DEG 39KT 4524 9105
$$
jrbThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce, Rusk | 12 hr |
| May 16, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 44 min |
| May 16, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 39 min |
| May 16, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 52 min |
| May 16, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 51 min |
| May 16, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 65 min |
| May 16, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Barron | 55 min |
| May 16, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Saint Croix | 47 min |
| May 16, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rusk | 38 min |
| May 16, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rusk | 59 min |
| May 16, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Rusk | 65 min |
| May 16, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce | 44 min |
| May 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pepin, Pierce | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.