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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 18, 2022Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2022, 7:05 PM CDT for Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 min. 3 reports 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: May 18, 2022, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2022, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barron County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 18, 7:10 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	1 Nnw Rice Lake, WI
May 18, 7:12 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Rice Lake, WI	SMALL BRANCHES DOWN.
May 18, 7:12 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Rice Lake, WI

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 18, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 327 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1333 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.7

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The text

As transmitted.

270 
WUUS53 KMPX 190005
SVRMPX
WIC005-107-190030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0129.220519T0005Z-220519T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
705 PM CDT Wed May 18 2022

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Rusk County in northwestern Wisconsin...
  East central Barron County in northwestern Wisconsin...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 705 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rice Lake,
  moving east at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Weyerhaeuser around 720 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4545 9179 4554 9172 4549 9138 4533 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 288DEG 39KT 4546 9166 

HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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2 follow-up statements

887 
WWUS53 KMPX 190020
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
720 PM CDT Wed May 18 2022

WIC005-107-190030-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-220519T0030Z/
Rusk WI-Barron WI-
720 PM CDT Wed May 18 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN RUSK AND EAST CENTRAL BARRON COUNTIES...

At 720 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Weyerhaeuser,
or 15 miles east of Rice Lake, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southwestern Rusk and east central Barron Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4540 9164 4552 9159 4549 9138 4533 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 288DEG 39KT 4541 9144 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Dye

758 
WWUS53 KMPX 190027
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
727 PM CDT Wed May 18 2022

WIC005-107-190036-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0129.000000T0000Z-220519T0030Z/
Rusk WI-Barron WI-
727 PM CDT Wed May 18 2022

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN RUSK AND EAST
CENTRAL BARRON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for
northwestern Wisconsin.

LAT...LON 4540 9164 4552 9159 4549 9138 4533 9146
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 288DEG 39KT 4540 9138 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron	45 min
May 18, 7:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Polk	42 min
May 18, 9:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Eau Claire	28 min
May 19, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Saint Croix	44 min
May 19, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Polk, Saint Croix	44 min
May 19, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire	44 min
May 19, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pierce	20 min
May 19, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Dunn, Pierce, Polk, Saint Croix	40 min
May 19, 4:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron	54 min
May 19, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rusk	43 min
May 19, 5:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire	32 min
May 19, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pierce	29 min
May 19, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pierce	43 min
May 19, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Pierce	28 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.