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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2021, 3:47 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Dunn County, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 58 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
- Aug 26, 2021, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 3:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 42 | 1 W Cedar Falls, WI | HEAVY RAIN COINCIDING WITH THE GUSTY WINDS. |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
870
WWUS83 KMPX 262047
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
347 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021
WIZ025-027-028-262145-
Chippewa WI-Dunn WI-Eau Claire WI-
347 PM CDT Thu Aug 26 2021
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Dunn,
Chippewa and northern Eau Claire Counties through 445 PM CDT...
At 346 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Menomonie, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Colfax and Elk Mound around 400 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this storm include Lake Hallie,
Chippewa Falls, Lake Wissota, Cadott, Cornell, Boyd and Stanley.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 94 in Wisconsin between mile markers 38 and 77.
U.S. Highway 53 between mile markers 86 and 114.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4468 9200 4504 9203 4527 9093 4471 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 257DEG 44KT 4492 9192
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
PEMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 51 min |
| Aug 26, 10:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 36 min |
| Aug 26, 11:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 11:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 12:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 22 min |
| Aug 26, 12:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 12:25 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 1:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 28 min |
| Aug 26, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 26, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 46 min |
| Aug 26, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 5:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota and 22 more | 13 hr |
| Aug 26, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.