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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 20, 2021Dunn County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2021, 5:53 PM CDT for Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 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 20, 2021, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Dunn County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 6:07 PM CDTHAIL 0.73 N Knapp, WI

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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2021-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

601 
WWUS83 KMPX 202253
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
553 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

WIZ023>025-202345-
Pierce-St. Croix-Dunn-
553 PM CDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...A LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN PIERCE...DUNN AND
SOUTHEASTERN ST. CROIX COUNTIES...

At 552 PM CDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Glenwood City to near Woodville to 6
miles northeast of Ellsworth. Movement was east at 30 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these storms.

These storms will be near...
  Boyceville and Knapp around 605 PM CDT.
  Elmwood around 615 PM CDT.
  Wheeler around 620 PM CDT.
  Menomonie around 625 PM CDT.
  Eau Galle around 630 PM CDT.
  Colfax around 640 PM CDT.
  Elk Mound around 645 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these storms include Cedar Falls,
Downing, Hersey, Downsville, Weston, Tainter Lake, Menomonie Airport,
Wilson and Hoffman Hills Rec Area.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4475 9175 4468 9184 4468 9197 4480 9240
      4508 9212 4510 9165 4486 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 281DEG 27KT 4503 9220 4488 9229 4480 9238 

$$

Borghoff

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele41 min
Jun 20, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn26 min
Jun 20, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota51 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.