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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 5, 2024Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 5, 2024, 7:53 PM CDT for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 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: Jun 5, 2024, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2024, 8:30 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 55

County Eau Claire County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 5, 7:20 PM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 7:20 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
332 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
062045-
Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-
Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-
Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-
Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-
Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth-
Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn-Polk-Barron-Rusk-
St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Eau Claire-
332 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and
southern Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Widely scattered thunderstorms will continue until early tonight
across eastern Minnesota & western Wisconsin. The strongest storms
will be capable of small hail, sporadic wind gusts over 40, &
possible a few funnel clouds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Breezy winds will continue Friday with gusts of 30-40 MPH
expected.

Flooding along area rivers will increase through the week as
heavy rain over the last few days continues to work through
streams and tributaries into the main stem rivers.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:02 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
702 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024

WIZ027-060030-
Chippewa WI-
702 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY
THROUGH 730 PM CDT...

At 701 PM CDT, the public reported a strong thunderstorm producing
nickel sized hail 8 miles north of Lake Wissota, or 18 miles
northeast of Eau Claire, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Public.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Stanley, Boyd, Otter Lake, and Jim Falls.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4501 9134 4510 9132 4509 9093 4505 9092
      4492 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 279DEG 27KT 4504 9127

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

RMD

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:07 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
707 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024

MNZ042-043-060045-
Morrison MN-Todd MN-
707 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT TODD AND NORTHWESTERN MORRISON
COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM CDT...

At 707 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Staples Airport to 8 miles northeast of
Clarissa to near Eagle Bend. Movement was southeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Little Falls, Long Prairie, Staples, Browerville, Clarissa, Motley,
Randall, Eagle Bend, Staples Airport, Bertha, Swanville, and
Flensburg.

This includes the following highways...
 U.S. Highway 10 in Minnesota between mile markers 103 and 145.
 U.S. Highway 71 between mile markers 180 and 212.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4637 9474 4635 9470 4636 9467 4631 9455
      4631 9448 4625 9436 4623 9440 4616 9438
      4615 9431 4598 9433 4582 9479 4604 9515
      4621 9515 4637 9496
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 306DEG 41KT 4641 9472 4622 9483 4614 9513

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

RMD

Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:16 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
716 PM CDT Wed Jun 5 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 PM     Hail             9 ENE Tilden            45.07N 91.28W
06/05/2024  M0.88 Inch       Chippewa           WI   Public

            Reported via X.

&&

BED

Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:34 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 5, 7:47 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 5, 7:53 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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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
Jun 5, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	38 min
Jun 6, 10:51 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Douglas, Faribault, Freeborn and 15 more	8 hr
Jun 5, 7:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa	28 min
Jun 5, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Pepin, Pierce	27 min

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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.