Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2018, 5:32 PM CDT for Barron County, Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 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, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2018, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Barron County, WI, Polk County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.
295
WUUS53 KMPX 172232
SVRMPX
WIC005-095-172315-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0076.180617T2232Z-180617T2315Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
532 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2018
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Barron County in northwestern Wisconsin...
Southeastern Polk County in northwestern Wisconsin...
* Until 615 PM CDT.
* At 532 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Deronda, or
30 miles north of River Falls, moving northeast at 25 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Amery, Cumberland, Clear Lake, Turtle Lake, Almena, Clayton,
Prairie Farm, Dallas, Arland, Cumberland Airport, Hillsdale and
Range.
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 4521 9257 4532 9258 4557 9199 4521 9180
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 244DEG 21KT 4528 9242
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
BORGHOFF2 follow-up statements
920 WWUS53 KMPX 172252 SVSMPX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 552 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2018 WIC005-095-172315- /O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-180617T2315Z/ Barron WI-Polk WI- 552 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2018 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR WESTERN BARRON AND SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTIES... At 552 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Wanderoos to near Arland, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Amery, Cumberland, Clear Lake, Turtle Lake, Almena, Clayton, Prairie Farm, Dallas, Arland, Cumberland Airport, Hillsdale and Range. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for northwestern and west central Wisconsin. LAT...LON 4521 9257 4532 9258 4557 9199 4521 9180 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 262DEG 38KT 4529 9254 4537 9200 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ BORGHOFF
853
WWUS53 KMPX 172312
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
612 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2018
WIC005-095-172316-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-180617T2315Z/
Barron WI-Polk WI-
612 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2018
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN BARRON AND
SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for northwestern
and west central Wisconsin.
LAT...LON 4521 9257 4532 9258 4557 9199 4521 9180
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 244DEG 21KT 4533 9244 4541 9190
$$
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, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 47 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.