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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2024, 3:56 PM CDT for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 19 min. 2 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, 2024, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2024, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Eau Claire County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:58 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Fairchild, WI | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| May 18, 4:03 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Fairchild, WI | Trained spotter reported hail between 1 inch and 1.5 inches in diameter coating the ground. |
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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
218
WUUS53 KMPX 182056
SVRMPX
WIC035-182130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0003.240518T2056Z-240518T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
356 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Eau Claire County in west central Wisconsin...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 355 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Price, or 21
miles northeast of Whitehall, moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Fairchild.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 4460 9102 4459 9103 4460 9108 4471 9093
4460 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 236DEG 31KT 4460 9103
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
TDK1 follow-up statement
852
WWUS53 KMPX 182115
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
415 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024
WIC035-182123-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-240518T2130Z/
Eau Claire WI-
415 PM CDT Sat May 18 2024
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. It did produce hail as
large as ping pong balls in Fairchild at 403 pm per report of a
trained spotter.
&&
LAT...LON 4460 9102 4459 9103 4460 9108 4471 9093
4460 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 236DEG 31KT 4469 9084
$$
TDKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 24 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.