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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2021Chippewa County, Dunn County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2021, 12:39 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports 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
Jun 11, 2021, 12:39 PM CDT (17:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2021, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:42 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
Jun 11, 12:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ssw Menomonie, WI3-4 FT DIAMETER TREE UPROOTED. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Jun 11, 12:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Sw Menomonie, WISCATTERED TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN AND SOUTH OF MENOMONIE PER DISPATCH. A STREET LIGHT WAS ALSO DOWN. ONE TREE WAS UPROOTED AND AGAINST AN APARTMENT BUILDING NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL PER WQOW-TV.

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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2021-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 752 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 2021-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
752 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

106 
WUUS53 KMPX 111739
SVRMPX
WIC017-033-111830-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0031.210611T1739Z-210611T1830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1239 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Dunn County in west central Wisconsin...
  Southwestern Chippewa County in west central Wisconsin...

* Until 130 PM CDT.

* At 1238 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Menomonie,
  moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Elk Mound, Colfax and Chippewa Falls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.

&&

LAT...LON 4486 9162 4486 9165 4484 9165 4474 9188
      4489 9215 4514 9166 4495 9141
TIME...MOT...LOC 1738Z 237DEG 30KT 4484 9194 

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

ETA
2 follow-up statements
123 
WWUS53 KMPX 111813
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
113 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

WIC017-033-111830-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210611T1830Z/
Dunn WI-Chippewa WI-
113 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL DUNN AND WEST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

At 112 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles east of
Colfax, or 12 miles northwest of Eau Claire, moving northeast at 35
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Law enforcement.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Menomonie, Colfax, Hoffman Hills Rec Area and Tainter Lake. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4493 9162 4491 9170 4491 9179 4503 9188
      4514 9166 4499 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 237DEG 30KT 4500 9160 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

ETA
721 
WWUS53 KMPX 111821
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
121 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

WIC017-033-111831-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210611T1830Z/
Dunn WI-Chippewa WI-
121 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DUNN AND WEST
CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 130 PM 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.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
the Twin Cities.

LAT...LON 4493 9162 4491 9170 4491 9179 4503 9188
      4514 9166 4499 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 237DEG 30KT 4504 9152 

$$

ETA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Rusk82 min
Jun 11, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPierce34 min
Jun 11, 12:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce38 min
Jun 11, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa40 min
Jun 11, 1:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa33 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.