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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 29, 2018Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2018, 5:10 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 50 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 29, 2018, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2018, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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 nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 12:00Z on 2018-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 138 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2018-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 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
138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-309 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

291 
WUUS53 KMPX 292210
SVRMPX
WIC017-107-292300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0053.180529T2210Z-180529T2300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
510 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Rusk County in northwestern Wisconsin...
  Northwestern Chippewa County in west central Wisconsin...

* Until 600 PM CDT

* At 509 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Jim Falls, or
  18 miles northeast of Eau Claire, moving north at 30 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 thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Rusk and northwestern Chippewa Counties, including the
  following locations: Jim Falls, Island Lake, Eagleton, Chippewa
  Moraine State Rec Area and Tilden.

This includes U.S. Highway 53 between mile markers 103 and 109, and
between mile markers 115 and 116.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4506 9113 4498 9143 4521 9155 4540 9154
      4541 9123
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 159DEG 26KT 4510 9129 

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

DWE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk26 min
May 28, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk46 min
May 28, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron27 min
May 28, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPepin25 min
May 28, 9:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron43 min
May 28, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPepin39 min
May 28, 9:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXEau Claire26 min
May 28, 9:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk33 min
May 28, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Eau Claire31 min
May 28, 10:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk50 min
May 28, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa31 min
May 28, 10:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk46 min
May 29, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPierce, Polk, Saint Croix70 min
May 29, 3:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPolk76 min
May 29, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce22 min
May 29, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk60 min
May 29, 4:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin63 min
May 29, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn26 min
May 29, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Chippewa, Rusk52 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.