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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 25, 2018Barron County, Chippewa County, Dunn County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2018, 6:42 PM CDT for Barron County, Chippewa County, Dunn 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: May 25, 2018, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2018, 7:19 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 Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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.

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 25, 2:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 543 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1022 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

871 
WUUS53 KMPX 252342
SVRMPX
WIC005-017-033-260045-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0024.180525T2342Z-180526T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
642 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2018

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Dunn County in west central Wisconsin...
  Western Chippewa County in west central Wisconsin...
  Southern Barron County in northwestern Wisconsin...

* Until 745 PM CDT

* At 642 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Prairie Farm to near Boyceville to near Knapp,
  moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Severe thunderstorms will be near,
  Wheeler and Ridgeland around 650 PM CDT. 
  Menomonie around 655 PM CDT. 
  Dallas around 700 PM CDT. 
  Chetek around 705 PM CDT. 
  Colfax around 710 PM CDT. 
  Elk Mound and New Auburn around 715 PM CDT. 
  Bloomer around 720 PM CDT. 
  Lake Hallie around 730 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4485 9146 4491 9214 4495 9214 4511 9204
      4530 9208 4532 9155 4529 9152 4529 9142
      4504 9135
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 278DEG 34KT 4528 9202 4510 9200 4498 9210 

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

BORGHOFF

2 follow-up statements

670 
WWUS53 KMPX 260000
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
700 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2018

WIC005-260009-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-180526T0045Z/
Barron WI-
700 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BARRON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
west central Wisconsin.

LAT...LON 4485 9146 4491 9214 4503 9194 4501 9138
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 299DEG 37KT 4491 9188 

$$

WIC017-033-260045-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-180526T0045Z/
Dunn WI-Chippewa WI-
700 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL DUNN AND SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

At 659 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Menomonie
Airport, or over Menomonie, moving southeast at 45 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

This severe storm will be near...
  Elk Mound around 710 PM CDT. 
  Lake Hallie around 725 PM CDT. 
  Eau Claire around 735 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Cedar
Falls, Hoffman Hills Rec Area, Eau Claire Airport, Tainter Lake,
Menomonie Airport and Tilden.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4485 9146 4491 9214 4503 9194 4501 9138
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 299DEG 37KT 4491 9188 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

BORGHOFF

108 
WWUS53 KMPX 260019
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
719 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2018

WIC017-033-260029-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-180526T0045Z/
Dunn WI-Chippewa WI-
719 PM CDT FRI MAY 25 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL DUNN AND SOUTHWESTERN
CHIPPEWA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
west central Wisconsin.

LAT...LON 4485 9146 4491 9214 4503 9194 4501 9138
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 278DEG 34KT 4488 9161 

$$

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pierce, Saint Croix	47 min
May 24, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pierce, Saint Croix	37 min
May 24, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pierce	28 min
May 25, 7:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pepin	23 min
May 25, 7:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Eau Claire	50 min
May 25, 10:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Eau Claire	60 min
May 25, 10:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Eau Claire	62 min
May 25, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Eau Claire	24 min
May 25, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Polk	45 min
May 25, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Dunn	44 min
May 25, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa	26 min
May 25, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Polk, Saint Croix	57 min
May 25, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Saint Croix	26 min
May 25, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix	44 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.