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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 18, 2024Chippewa County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2024, 3:06 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 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
May 18, 2024, 3:06 PM CDT (20:06 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2024, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Chippewa County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 18, 3:08 PM CDTHAIL 1.256 Sse Cornell, WITime estimated based on radar. Spotter also reported gusty winds but no large branches were down.

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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 12:00Z on 2024-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 84 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2024-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
84 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-412 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

768 
WUUS53 KMPX 182006
SVRMPX
WIC017-182030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0002.240518T2006Z-240518T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
306 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Chippewa County in west central Wisconsin...

* Until 330 PM CDT.

* At 305 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast
  of Cornell, or 25 miles south of Ladysmith, moving northeast at 50
  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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cornell and Otter Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4497 9110 4512 9123 4528 9094 4504 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 240DEG 42KT 4509 9106 

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

$$

TDK
1 follow-up statement
202 
WWUS53 KMPX 182033
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
333 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024

WIC017-182042-
/O.EXP.KMPX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240518T2030Z/
Chippewa WI-
333 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY
HAS EXPIRED...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has 
been allowed to expire.   There was a report of half dollar size 
hail southeast of Cornell before the storm weakened.

&&

LAT...LON 4497 9110 4512 9123 4528 9094 4504 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 239DEG 28KT 4517 9086 

$$

TDK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire19 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.