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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 29, 2018Barron County, Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2018, 5:53 PM CDT for Barron County, Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 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: May 29, 2018, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2018, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 29, 6:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 E Rice Lake, WI	12 INCH TREE SNAPPED IN HALF.
May 29, 6:20 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nnw Rice Lake, WI	POWER OUTAGE EAST SIDE OF RICE LAKE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 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.

524 
WUUS53 KMPX 292253
SVRMPX
WIC005-017-107-292345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0056.180529T2253Z-180529T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
553 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...
  Eastern Barron County in northwestern Wisconsin...

* Until 645 PM CDT

* At 552 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Weyerhaeuser,
  or 14 miles southeast of Rice Lake, moving northwest at 20 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 be near,
  Chetek around 605 PM CDT. 
  Rice Lake around 630 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Canton
and Sumner.

This includes U.S. Highway 53 between mile markers 120 and 145.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4523 9139 4520 9167 4521 9170 4552 9180
      4561 9149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 148DEG 19KT 4535 9151 

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

DWE

1 follow-up statement

832 
WWUS53 KMPX 292322
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
622 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

WIC017-292332-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-180529T2345Z/
Chippewa WI-
622 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA 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 4533 9142 4534 9174 4552 9180 4561 9149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 148DEG 19KT 4548 9163 

$$

WIC005-107-292345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-180529T2345Z/
Rusk WI-Barron WI-
622 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN RUSK AND NORTHEASTERN BARRON COUNTIES...

At 622 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Canton, or near
Rice Lake, moving northwest at 20 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...
  Rice Lake around 630 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Canton
and Sumner.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4533 9142 4534 9174 4552 9180 4561 9149
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 148DEG 19KT 4548 9163 

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

ETA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Polk	26 min
May 28, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Polk	46 min
May 28, 8:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron	27 min
May 28, 8:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pepin	25 min
May 28, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron	43 min
May 28, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pepin	39 min
May 28, 9:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Eau Claire	26 min
May 28, 9:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rusk	33 min
May 28, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Eau Claire	31 min
May 28, 10:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rusk	50 min
May 28, 10:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa	31 min
May 28, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rusk	46 min
May 29, 2:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pierce, Polk, Saint Croix	70 min
May 29, 3:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Polk	76 min
May 29, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pierce	22 min
May 29, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Polk	60 min
May 29, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin	63 min
May 29, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Rusk	50 min
May 29, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn	26 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.