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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 20, 2018Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 20, 2018, 8:08 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 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
Sep 20, 2018, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2018, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
37 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

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 20, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 250 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2018-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2018-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 340 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
512 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
340 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
454 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

716 
WUUS53 KMPX 210108
SVRMPX
WIC017-035-210145-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0156.180921T0108Z-180921T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
808 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2018

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

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

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 808 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Bloomer to near Eleva, moving east at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Augusta and Cornell around 830 PM CDT.
  Fairchild around 835 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Foster, Brackett, Holcombe, Lake Eau Claire County Park, Bateman,
Ludington, Otter Lake, Jim Falls, Allen and Eagleton.

This includes Interstate 94 in Wisconsin between mile markers 72 and
86.
 
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 midnight CDT for west central
Wisconsin.

LAT...LON 4460 9141 4520 9141 4529 9093 4460 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 264DEG 50KT 4507 9150 4455 9150 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF
2 follow-up statements
134 
WWUS53 KMPX 210123
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
823 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2018

WIC017-035-210145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-180921T0145Z/
Chippewa WI-Eau Claire WI-
823 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN CHIPPEWA AND EAU CLAIRE COUNTIES...

At 822 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Cornell to near Osseo, moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

These severe storms will be near...
  Cornell around 830 PM CDT.
  Fairchild around 840 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Foster, Brackett, Holcombe, Lake Eau Claire County Park, Bateman,
Ludington, Otter Lake, Jim Falls and Allen.

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 midnight CDT for west central
Wisconsin.

LAT...LON 4460 9141 4521 9135 4529 9093 4460 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 253DEG 50KT 4514 9124 4462 9124 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF
260 
WWUS53 KMPX 210136
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
836 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2018

WIC017-035-210146-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-180921T0145Z/
Chippewa WI-Eau Claire WI-
836 PM CDT THU SEP 20 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CHIPPEWA AND EAU
CLAIRE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for west central
Wisconsin.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
The Twin Cities.

LAT...LON 4460 9141 4521 9135 4529 9093 4460 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 264DEG 50KT 4516 9098 4464 9098 

$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Polk3 hr
Sep 20, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce36 min
Sep 20, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Saint Croix38 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.