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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 26, 2020Barron County, Dunn County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2020, 4:33 PM CDT for Barron County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 57 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
May 26, 2020, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2020, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Barron County, WI, Dunn County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 5:00 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nw Dallas, WIROOF BLOWN OFF OUTBUILDING, SOFFITS RIPPED OFF BARN.

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 2020-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

761 
WUUS53 KMPX 262133
SVRMPX
WIC005-033-262230-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0006.200526T2133Z-200526T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
433 PM CDT Tue May 26 2020

The National Weather Service in The Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Dunn County in west central Wisconsin...
  Barron County in northwestern Wisconsin...

* Until 530 PM CDT.

* At 432 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ridgeland, or
  18 miles north of Menomonie, moving north at 30 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, Cumberland, Cameron, Almena, Prairie
  Farm, Dallas, Haugen, Ridgeland, Sumner and Arland.

This includes U.S. Highway 53 between mile markers 129 and 152.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4509 9178 4508 9198 4564 9214 4564 9155
      4563 9154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 184DEG 26KT 4517 9188 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
2 follow-up statements
123 
WWUS53 KMPX 262201
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
501 PM CDT Tue May 26 2020

WIC033-262210-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-200526T2230Z/
Dunn WI-
501 PM CDT Tue May 26 2020

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DUNN 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 4532 9177 4532 9194 4564 9214 4564 9155
      4563 9154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 182DEG 34KT 4542 9187 

$$

WIC005-262230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-200526T2230Z/
Barron WI-
501 PM CDT Tue May 26 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN BARRON COUNTY...

At 500 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Barron, or 8
miles southwest of Rice Lake, moving north at 40 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, Cumberland, Cameron, Haugen, Barronett,
Cumberland Airport, Rice Lake Airport, Mikana and Brill.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4532 9177 4532 9194 4564 9214 4564 9155
      4563 9154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 182DEG 34KT 4542 9187 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
079 
WWUS53 KMPX 262212
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
512 PM CDT Tue May 26 2020

WIC005-262230-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-200526T2230Z/
Barron WI-
512 PM CDT Tue May 26 2020

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL BARRON COUNTY...

At 512 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
Cumberland, or 7 miles west of Rice Lake, moving north 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, Haugen and Barronett. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4545 9179 4545 9193 4564 9207 4564 9168
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 178DEG 30KT 4552 9188 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 1:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Rusk2 hr
May 26, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPolk82 min
May 26, 4:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron79 min
May 26, 4:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXBarron, Dunn, Pierce, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix11 hr
May 26, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPepin, Pierce38 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.