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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 2021Dunn County, Eau Claire County, Pepin County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2021, 6:18 PM CDT for Dunn County, Eau Claire County, Pepin County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 min. 3 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 17, 2021, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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 17, 6:19 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Se Altoona, WITREE DOWN ON POWERLINE, TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Jun 17, 6:19 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Se Altoona, WICORRECTION FOR REPORT SOURCE. TREE DOWN ON POWERLINE, TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.
Jun 17, 6:22 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 Sse Eau Claire, WILARGE BRANCHES DOWN, TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.

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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2021-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 288 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 2021-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
288 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-583 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

As transmitted.

513 
WUUS53 KMPX 172318
SVRMPX
WIC033-035-091-172345-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0032.210617T2318Z-210617T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
618 PM CDT Thu Jun 17 2021

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Pepin County in west central Wisconsin...
  Southeastern Dunn County in west central Wisconsin...
  Southwestern Eau Claire County in west central Wisconsin...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 618 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of
  Durand, or 9 miles northwest of Mondovi, moving east at 50 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...
  Altoona and Eau Claire.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4460 9200 4459 9203 4468 9202 4481 9140
      4459 9138
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 256DEG 44KT 4465 9182 

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

CTG
1 follow-up statement
345 
WWUS53 KMPX 172333
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
633 PM CDT Thu Jun 17 2021

WIC033-035-091-172345-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210617T2345Z/
Pepin WI-Dunn WI-Eau Claire WI-
633 PM CDT Thu Jun 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN PEPIN...SOUTHEASTERN DUNN AND SOUTHWESTERN EAU
CLAIRE COUNTIES...

At 632 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast of
Mondovi, moving east at 50 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...
Eau Claire, Altoona, Rock Falls and Caryville. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 4460 9181 4474 9173 4481 9140 4459 9138
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 256DEG 44KT 4469 9157 

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

CTG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 3:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPepin39 min
Jun 17, 4:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXEau Claire33 min
Jun 17, 3:54 PM CDTFire Weather WatchMPXBarron, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix11 hr
Jun 17, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire55 min
Jun 17, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire35 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.