Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2018, 7:28 AM CDT for Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 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
- Aug 26, 2018, 7:28 AM CDT (12:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2018, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Barron County, WI, Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:29 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 890 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 312 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
775
WUUS53 KMPX 261228
SVRMPX
WIC005-107-261330-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0128.180826T1228Z-180826T1330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
728 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2018
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Rusk County in northwestern Wisconsin...
Eastern Barron County in northwestern Wisconsin...
* Until 830 AM CDT.
* At 728 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Barron, or 8
miles west of Rice Lake, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include...
Rice Lake, Barron, Chetek, Cameron, Bruce, Weyerhaeuser, Sumner,
Canton, Cumberland Airport, Hillsdale, Island Lake and Rice Lake
Airport.
This includes U.S. Highway 53 between mile markers 127 and 148.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 4529 9124 4530 9197 4555 9199 4564 9121
4529 9121
TIME...MOT...LOC 1228Z 265DEG 29KT 4545 9189
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JPC2 follow-up statements
753
WWUS53 KMPX 261304
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
804 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2018
WIC005-107-261330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-180826T1330Z/
Rusk WI-Barron WI-
804 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT
FOR WESTERN RUSK AND EASTERN BARRON COUNTIES...
At 802 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sumner, or 14
miles southeast of Rice Lake, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Rice Lake, Barron, Chetek, Cameron, Bruce, Weyerhaeuser, Sumner,
Canton, Cumberland Airport, Hillsdale, Island Lake and Rice Lake
Airport.
In addition, another thunderstorm capable of producing large hail
was just north of Turtle Lake, or just west of Almena, also moving
east at 35 mph.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 4529 9124 4530 9197 4555 9199 4564 9121
4529 9121
TIME...MOT...LOC 1302Z 281DEG 29KT 4535 9152
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JPC070
WWUS53 KMPX 261315
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
815 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2018
WIC005-261324-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-180826T1330Z/
Barron WI-
815 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN BARRON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 4529 9153 4531 9155 4549 9154 4549 9121
4529 9121
TIME...MOT...LOC 1314Z 265DEG 29KT 4536 9137
$$
WIC107-261330-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0128.000000T0000Z-180826T1330Z/
Rusk WI-
815 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN RUSK COUNTY...
At 814 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Island Lake, or
15 miles southwest of Ladysmith, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.
Locations impacted include...
Bruce, Weyerhaeuser and Island Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well-built structure. Stay away from
windows.
&&
LAT...LON 4529 9153 4531 9155 4549 9154 4549 9121
4529 9121
TIME...MOT...LOC 1314Z 265DEG 29KT 4536 9137
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
ETAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 5:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 43 min |
| Aug 26, 6:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 6:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 7:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 8:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 1:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 37 min |
Nearby
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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.