Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2018, 5:13 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 17, 2018, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2018, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Chippewa County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 145 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
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1067 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
298
WUUS53 KMPX 172213
SVRMPX
WIC017-172300-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0075.180617T2213Z-180617T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
513 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2018
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Chippewa County in west central Wisconsin...
* Until 600 PM CDT.
* At 513 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tilden, or 9
miles northwest of Eau Claire, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Chippewa Falls and Bloomer around 520 PM CDT.
Cornell around 545 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Holcombe, Tilden, Bateman, Eau Claire Airport, Otter Lake, Jim Falls,
Eagleton and Chippewa Moraine State Rec Area.
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 900 PM CDT for northwestern
and west central Wisconsin.
LAT...LON 4486 9165 4512 9165 4512 9167 4518 9167
4521 9161 4521 9155 4524 9154 4530 9143
4529 9093 4486 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 238DEG 38KT 4497 9154
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF3 follow-up statements
649
WWUS53 KMPX 172228
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
528 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2018
WIC017-172300-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-180617T2300Z/
Chippewa WI-
528 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR CHIPPEWA COUNTY...
At 528 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Jim Falls, or
14 miles northeast of Eau Claire, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe storm will be near...
Cornell around 540 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Holcombe, Tilden, Bateman, Otter Lake, Jim Falls, Eagleton and
Chippewa Moraine State Rec Area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for northwestern
and west central Wisconsin.
LAT...LON 4486 9145 4497 9144 4503 9164 4512 9165
4512 9167 4518 9167 4521 9161 4521 9155
4524 9154 4530 9143 4529 9093 4486 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 251DEG 49KT 4504 9127
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF284 WWUS53 KMPX 172240 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 540 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2018 WIC017-172300- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-180617T2300Z/ Chippewa WI- 540 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2018 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY... At 540 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cadott, or 20 miles northeast of Eau Claire, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern Chippewa County, including the following locations... Otter Lake. 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 900 PM CDT for west central Wisconsin. LAT...LON 4486 9127 4516 9122 4522 9093 4486 9092 TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 243DEG 36KT 4504 9111 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ BORGHOFF
395
WWUS53 KMPX 172259
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
559 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2018
WIC017-172309-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0075.000000T0000Z-180617T2300Z/
Chippewa WI-
559 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for west central
Wisconsin.
LAT...LON 4486 9127 4516 9122 4522 9093 4486 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 238DEG 38KT 4514 9087
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 43 min |
| Jun 17, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Rusk | 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.