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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2021Chippewa County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2021, 1:20 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 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
Jun 11, 2021, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Chippewa County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 1:58 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG5 Nne Cornell, WILARGE TREES DOWN/SNAPPED, PICTURES ON TWITTER. 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, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 184 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

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The text

As transmitted.

949 
WWUS83 KMPX 111820
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
120 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

WIZ027-111900-
Chippewa-
120 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...

At 120 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Bloomer, or 15
miles north of Eau Claire, moving northeast at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bloomer, Cornell, Tilden, Holcombe, Eagleton and Chippewa Moraine
State Rec Area.

LAT...LON 4498 9145 4514 9166 4530 9139 4530 9093
      4525 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 231DEG 32KT 4507 9154 

$$

ETA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 5:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine55 min
Jun 11, 5:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Stevens, Swift50 min
Jun 11, 6:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope51 min
Jun 11, 6:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Swift, Yellow Medicine39 min
Jun 11, 6:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Pope, Todd66 min
Jun 11, 7:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Yellow Medicine38 min
Jun 11, 7:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Meeker, Stearns56 min
Jun 11, 7:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, McLeod, Redwood, Renville67 min
Jun 11, 8:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin, Watonwan58 min
Jun 11, 9:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Faribault60 min
Jun 11, 10:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn, Rice, Steele, Waseca46 min
Jun 11, 11:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue56 min
Jun 11, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue34 min
Jun 10, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Rusk82 min
Jun 11, 12:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce38 min
Jun 11, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn51 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.