Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 2018, 6:44 PM CDT for Barron County, Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 12, 2018, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2018, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 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), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 6:48 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dallas, WI | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR DALLAS WI. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 745 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -244 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 387 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 437 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted.
348
WUUS53 KMPX 122344
SVRMPX
WIC005-017-107-130030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0098.180712T2344Z-180713T0030Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
644 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018
The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Western Rusk County in northwestern Wisconsin...
Northwestern Chippewa County in west central Wisconsin...
Southeastern Barron County in northwestern Wisconsin...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 644 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Dallas, or 13
miles south of Rice Lake, moving east at 35 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...
Rice Lake, Barron, Chetek, Cameron, Bruce, New Auburn, Dallas,
Weyerhaeuser, Sumner, Canton, Hillsdale and Island Lake.
This includes U.S. Highway 53 between mile markers 115 and 140.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4518 9167 4521 9167 4521 9186 4540 9198
4559 9131 4512 9124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 267DEG 30KT 4529 9176
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
286
WWUS53 KMPX 122358
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
658 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018
WIC005-017-107-130030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-180713T0030Z/
Rusk WI-Chippewa WI-Barron WI-
658 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN RUSK...NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA AND SOUTHEASTERN BARRON
COUNTIES...
At 658 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Chetek, or 15
miles southeast of Rice Lake, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Rice Lake, Barron, Chetek, Cameron, Bruce, New Auburn, Weyerhaeuser,
Sumner, Canton, Rice Lake Airport, Island Lake and Chippewa Moraine
State Rec Area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4518 9167 4521 9167 4528 9178 4540 9198
4559 9131 4512 9124
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 267DEG 30KT 4530 9159
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$948
WWUS53 KMPX 130016
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
716 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018
WIC005-017-107-130030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0098.000000T0000Z-180713T0030Z/
Rusk WI-Chippewa WI-Barron WI-
716 PM CDT THU JUL 12 2018
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR WESTERN RUSK...NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA AND SOUTHEASTERN BARRON
COUNTIES...
At 716 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Island Lake, or
17 miles southwest of Ladysmith, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Rice Lake, Chetek, Bruce, New Auburn, Weyerhaeuser, Sumner, Canton,
Island Lake and Chippewa Moraine State Rec Area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4517 9158 4531 9166 4546 9176 4559 9131
4512 9124
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 267DEG 30KT 4531 9137
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Polk | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 11:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 31 min |
| Jul 12, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 27 min |
| Jul 12, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 49 min |
| Jul 12, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Saint Croix | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 84 min |
| Jul 12, 6:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Barron | 3 hr |
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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.