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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 27, 2021, 1:42 AM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 63 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
- Jul 27, 2021, 1:42 AM CDT (06:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2021, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Rusk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 208 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1670 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1398 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted.
940
WWUS83 KMPX 270642
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
142 AM CDT Tue Jul 27 2021
WIZ016-270745-
Rusk WI-
142 AM CDT Tue Jul 27 2021
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Rusk County through
245 AM CDT...
At 141 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles north of Hawkins to 8 miles east of
Exeland to near Stone Lake. Movement was south at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Strong thunderstorms will be near...
Hawkins around 155 AM CDT.
Ladysmith around 205 AM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these storms include Sheldon, Bruce
and Weyerhaeuser.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4538 9092 4530 9093 4529 9095 4529 9149
4545 9155 4563 9154 4564 9068 4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 0641Z 341DEG 28KT 4565 9066 4570 9107 4582 9158
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
$$
MPGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2:53 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 21 more | 18 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 3:36 PM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 26 more | 29 hr |
| Jul 27, 3:36 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | Benton, Brown, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas, Faribault and 22 more | 29 hr |
| Jul 26, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 59 min |
| Jul 27, 6:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 29 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.