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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 24, 2021Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2021, 4:52 AM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 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 24, 2021, 4:52 AM CDT (09:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2021, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Rusk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 561 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2021-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
561 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted.

977 
WWUS83 KMPX 240952
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
452 AM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

WIZ016-027-241030-
Chippewa-Rusk-
452 AM CDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN RUSK AND NORTHEASTERN
CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

At 452 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Weyerhaeuser,
or 12 miles southwest of Ladysmith, moving east at 45 mph.

Dime size hail is possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Bruce, Sheldon, Conrath, Island Lake and Holcombe. 

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 4537 9092 4516 9093 4531 9145 4548 9138
      4538 9080
TIME...MOT...LOC 0952Z 286DEG 40KT 4538 9131 

$$

Borghoff

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 2:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne36 min
Jun 24, 3:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron38 min
Jun 24, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron31 min
Jun 24, 2:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa42 min
Jun 24, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn41 min
Jun 24, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa48 min
Jun 24, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.