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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 12, 2018Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2018, 7:27 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 12, 2018, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2018, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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
Jul 12, 7:42 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 N Cadott, WIMULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN, MAIN DAMAGE BETWEEN CADOTT AND CORNELL.
Jul 12, 7:52 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nne Cadott, WI2 SHEDS DESTROYED AND 1 BARN. WINDOWS BLOWN OUT ON HOUSE. LOCALIZED DAMAGE, LIKELY DO TO A MICROBURST/DOWNBURST. WIND SPEED ESTIMATED AT 70 TO 75 MPH. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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
Jul 12, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 2018-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 487 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 2018-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -75 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
487 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
876 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

764 
WUUS53 KMPX 130027
SVRMPX
WIC017-035-107-130115-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0101.180713T0027Z-180713T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
727 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

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

* Until 815 PM CDT.

* At 727 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 7 miles west of Conrath to near Allen, moving east
  at 35 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, Altoona, Lake Hallie, Stanley, Bloomer,
  Lake Wissota, Augusta, Cornell, Cadott, Fall Creek and Boyd.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 94 in Wisconsin between mile markers 62 and 86.
 U.S. Highway 53 between mile markers 86 and 108.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4537 9092 4460 9092 4460 9165 4538 9137
      4552 9068 4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 268DEG 29KT 4535 9118 4466 9148 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
293 
WWUS53 KMPX 130049
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
749 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018

WIC017-035-107-130115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-180713T0115Z/
Rusk WI-Chippewa WI-Eau Claire WI-
749 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSK...EASTERN CHIPPEWA AND EAU CLAIRE COUNTIES...

At 749 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Sheldon to near Augusta, moving east at 35 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, Altoona, Lake Hallie, Stanley, Lake
Wissota, Augusta, Cornell, Cadott, Fall Creek, Boyd and Fairchild.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4537 9092 4460 9092 4460 9155 4542 9117
      4552 9068 4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 267DEG 31KT 4535 9092 4466 9122 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
690 
WWUS53 KMPX 130101
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
801 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018

WIC017-035-107-130115-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-180713T0115Z/
Rusk WI-Chippewa WI-Eau Claire WI-
801 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSK...EASTERN CHIPPEWA AND EAU CLAIRE COUNTIES...

At 801 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Glen Flora to Augusta, moving east at 35 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Stanley, Lake Wissota, Augusta, Cornell, Cadott, Fall Creek, Boyd,
Fairchild, Hawkins, Sheldon, Ludington and Conrath.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4537 9092 4460 9092 4460 9143 4544 9108
      4552 9068 4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 270DEG 29KT 4543 9085 4466 9111 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce54 min
Jul 12, 7:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Eau Claire, Pepin78 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.