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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 2021Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2021, 6:40 PM CDT for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 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
Jun 17, 2021, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Eau Claire County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 186 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

571 
WUUS53 KMPX 172340
SVRMPX
WIC035-180015-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0035.210617T2340Z-210618T0015Z/

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

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Eau Claire County in west central Wisconsin...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 640 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest
  of Fall Creek, or 12 miles south of Eau Claire, moving east at 55
  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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Fall Creek around 650 PM CDT.
  Augusta around 655 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4460 9149 4474 9145 4481 9092 4460 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 261DEG 50KT 4468 9139 

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

CTG
1 follow-up statement
671 
WWUS53 KMPX 172358
SVSMPX

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

WIC035-180015-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0035.000000T0000Z-210618T0015Z/
Eau Claire WI-
658 PM CDT Thu Jun 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY...

At 658 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Augusta, or 22
miles southeast of Eau Claire, moving east at 60 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Eau Claire County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4460 9129 4473 9124 4467 9093 4460 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 261DEG 50KT 4472 9104 

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, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Eau Claire, Pepin27 min
Jun 17, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire55 min

Nearby

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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.