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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 2, 2022Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2022, 10:31 PM CDT for Barron County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 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: Aug 2, 2022, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2022, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

Counties Barron County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 5443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1281 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 313 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 5.3
Supercell composite: 30.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

349 
WWUS83 KMPX 030331
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1031 PM CDT Tue Aug 2 2022
 
WIZ015-016-030415-
Barron WI-Rusk WI-
1031 PM CDT Tue Aug 2 2022

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Rusk and Barron
Counties through 1115 PM CDT...

At 1031 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 10 miles northwest of Cumberland to 6 miles
west of Rice Lake to Weyerhaeuser to near Sheldon. Movement was
southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch 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...
  Weyerhaeuser around 1035 PM CDT.
  Sheldon around 1040 PM CDT.
  Bruce around 1045 PM CDT.
  Barron around 1050 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Cumberland,
Cameron and Chetek.

This includes U.S. Highway 53 between mile markers 127 and 152.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

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

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

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
northwestern and west central Wisconsin.

&&

LAT...LON 4538 9092 4530 9093 4529 9095 4529 9154
      4531 9195 4550 9216 4564 9216 4564 9068
      4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 308DEG 16KT 4565 9215 4553 9185 4543 9141 4536
9097

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

BPH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	66 min
Aug 2, 10:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine	47 min
Aug 2, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Redwood, Renville, Sibley	52 min
Aug 2, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Sibley, Wright	48 min
Aug 2, 11:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott	38 min
Aug 3, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Ramsey, Washington	46 min
Aug 2, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Polk, Rusk	43 min
Aug 2, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Rusk	36 min
Aug 2, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Rusk	43 min
Aug 2, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rusk	85 min
Aug 3, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix	40 min
Aug 3, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire	56 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.