Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Dallas, WI | ROOF 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Rusk | 2 hr |
| May 26, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 82 min |
| May 26, 4:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 79 min |
| May 26, 4:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Pierce, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix | 11 hr |
| May 26, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pepin, Pierce | 38 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.