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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 25, 2020Dunn County, Pepin County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2020, 8:56 AM CDT for Dunn County, Pepin County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 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 25, 2020, 8:56 AM CDT (13:56 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2020, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2020-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2020-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1275 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

706 
WUUS53 KMPX 251356
SVRMPX
WIC033-091-251430-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0004.200525T1356Z-200525T1430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
856 AM CDT Mon May 25 2020

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Pepin County in west central Wisconsin...
  Southwestern Dunn County in west central Wisconsin...

* Until 930 AM CDT.

* At 854 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Eau Galle, or
  17 miles south of Menomonie, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Durand, Eau Galle, Weston, Arkansaw, Downsville and Porcupine. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4479 9180 4460 9198 4458 9203 4454 9204
      4457 9213 4459 9214 4468 9214 4486 9205
TIME...MOT...LOC 1354Z 203DEG 30KT 4465 9203 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

TDH
2 follow-up statements
386 
WWUS53 KMPX 251414
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
914 AM CDT Mon May 25 2020

WIC091-251423-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-200525T1430Z/
Pepin WI-
914 AM CDT Mon May 25 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PEPIN 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 4470 9190 4468 9190 4469 9196 4468 9201
      4472 9210 4484 9200 4479 9180
TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 202DEG 24KT 4479 9195 

$$

WIC033-251430-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-200525T1430Z/
Dunn WI-
914 AM CDT Mon May 25 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL DUNN COUNTY...

At 913 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of
Eau Galle, or 8 miles south of Menomonie, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Eau Galle and Downsville. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4470 9190 4468 9190 4469 9196 4468 9201
      4472 9210 4484 9200 4479 9180
TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 202DEG 24KT 4479 9195 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

TDH
385 
WWUS53 KMPX 251421
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
921 AM CDT Mon May 25 2020

WIC033-251430-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-200525T1430Z/
Dunn WI-
921 AM CDT Mon May 25 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL DUNN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 930 AM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4470 9190 4468 9190 4469 9196 4468 9201
      4472 9210 4484 9200 4479 9180
TIME...MOT...LOC 1420Z 203DEG 30KT 4483 9193 

$$

TDH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPepin, Pierce35 min
May 25, 9:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPepin34 min
May 25, 9:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXEau Claire23 min
May 25, 10:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire29 min
May 25, 10:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa30 min
May 25, 11:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk29 min
May 25, 11:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk28 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.