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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2020, 4:19 AM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 8, 2020, 4:19 AM CDT (09:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2020, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 933 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1112 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.3
The text
As transmitted.
161
WWUS83 KMPX 080919
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
419 AM CDT Sat Aug 8 2020
WIZ016-081000-
Rusk-
419 AM CDT Sat Aug 8 2020
...A LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN RUSK COUNTY THROUGH 5
AM CDT...
At 419 AM CDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from Catawba to near Sheldon. Movement was
southeast at 40 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Ladysmith, Hawkins, Sheldon, Tony, Conrath, Glen Flora, Ingram and
Rusk County Airport.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4538 9092 4530 9093 4563 9151 4564 9141
4564 9068 4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 0919Z 302DEG 33KT 4555 9055 4537 9095
$$
LSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 12:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Nicollet, Sibley | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville, Sibley, Wright | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Waseca | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice, Steele, Waseca | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 3:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 65 min |
| Aug 8, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 52 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.