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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 17, 2024Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2024, 8:45 AM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 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 17, 2024, 8:45 AM CDT (13:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2024, 9:15 AM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Rusk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 241 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: 1995 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1042 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 17, 6:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Showers and thunderstorms ongoing, with elevated storms posing a risk for severe hail (1" or more) and damaging wind gusts (up to 65 mph).
Scattered showers & storms over the next few days with an increased risk of flooding due to training storms. Exact amounts will vary based on orientation of training thunderstorms.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 6:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
638 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Showers and thunderstorms ongoing, with elevated storms posing
  a risk for severe hail (1" or more) and damaging wind gusts
  (up to 65 mph).

- Scattered showers & storms over the next few days with an
  increased risk of flooding due to training storms. Exact
  amounts will vary based on orientation of training
  thunderstorms.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 322 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

Moderate to heavy rainfall has begun to push into western and
southern Minnesota as of 0730z. Training of thunderstorms is
occurring as steering flow is largely orientated parallel to
the SW to NE thunderstorm axis. MRMS-derived hourly rainfall
rates has peaked in the 1.5 to 2 inch range for parts of Redwood
county so far, with more rain still moving through. Because of
this, we have extended the Flood Watch further south to capture
an increasing risk of flooding and heavy rain with this initial
cluster of storms the morning. As these moved through SD and SW
MN, FSD has noted multiple reports of gusts up to 50mph. Given
the primed environment that these storms are heading into
(sufficient instability, steep mid- level lapse rates, and
effective shear greater than 35 kts), there will be continued
risk for severe weather. Damaging wind gusts up to 40-65 mph
will be possible through the morning, along with isolated large
hail and a tornado or two. The threat should diminish late this
morning, but light to moderate rain could continue through late
this evening in some spots.

By Tuesday morning, any lingering rain associated with the frontal
boundary should push well into the northern half of Minnesota. A
trailing cold front will then push through the region,
producing a long and narrow band of showers/storms during the
afternoon/evening. Low-level moisture transport via a 40-50kt LLJ
should provide PWAT values of 2"+ as far north as Lake Superior.
This in addition to strong forcing and an unstable airmass (MUCAPE
values in excess of 2500 J/kg) along the front will result in
another threat for some strong to severe storms within the band. The
main threats along this line will be damaging wind gusts and pockets
of large hail within the strongest cells. A smaller, but existent
tornado risk looks to stretch from northern Minnesota/Wisconsin down
to the southern Twin Cities metro where the latest forecast
soundings/hodographs highlight more favorable low-level shear. Heavy
rainfall and flooding will continue to be a concern with a broad
area of 1"+ possible, depending on how slow the front progresses.
Storms should begin to weaken and taper off as they head further
east into Wisconsin around sunset. Also of note, temperatures could
approach the 90 degree mark with dew points in the low 70s resulting
in heat indices near 95 degrees.

Heading into Wednesday, the passing front will stall southeast of
the area, stretching from SE Neb up towards SE WI. Remnant
forcing near the front is expected to produce some additional
showers/storms, especially along the I-90 corridor. This front
will push northward, resulting in continuous opportunities for
additional rainfall across the region through Saturday. An
additional 2 to 5 inches is possible from Wed-Sat, with the
heaviest totals coming on Friday into Saturday where QPF
maximum of 2.5" is forecasted over central Minnesota. There is
still uncertainty is the exact severity and extent of the storms
/ heavy rain / flooding, but it will certainly be an active
period to continue following.

A brief period of relief from rain looks probable sometime early
next week, before the pattern becomes unsettled again mid-week.

&&

.AVIATION /12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY/...
Issued at 627 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

The strongest line of storms has pushed into western Wisconsin,
where TS could still impact RNH and EAU for a few hours this
morning. Otherwise, mainly light to moderate rain will impact
terminals through much of the day. Cigs will be primarily
MVFR/VFR, but could push down into IFR at times during the day.
Winds will continue to shift more southerly as the frontal
boundary moves north this afternoon. They will generally persist
at 5-10 kts, but will increase in speed and gustiness
overnight. A brief break in rain/clouds will occur overnight
into tomorrow morning before another round of showers/storms
develop tomorrow afternoon.

KMSP...Primarily light rain/showers will impact the terminal
through late this evening. Recent models suggest non-stop light
rain until around 04/05z, but it could become more of an on and
off rain as early as this afternoon. Winds will be 10-15 kts
today, but could be gusting up to 25-30 kts from the south by
tomorrow morning.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
TUE PM...VFR/MVFR, TSRA/SHRA likely, chc IFR. Wind S15-20G30-35kts.
WED...VFR/MVFR, chc -TSRA/-SHRA. Wind N 5-10kts.
THU...VFR/MVFR, chc -TSRA/-SHRA. Wind NE 5-10kts.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...Flood Watch from 1 PM CDT this afternoon through late Tuesday
     night for Benton-Chippewa-Chisago-Douglas-Isanti-Kanabec-
     Kandiyohi-Mille Lacs-Morrison-Pope-Sherburne-Stearns-
     Stevens-Swift-Todd.
     Flood Watch through late Tuesday night for Anoka-Carver-Dakota-
     Hennepin-McLeod-Meeker-Ramsey-Renville-Scott-Sibley-
     Washington-Wright.
     Flood Watch until 1 PM CDT this afternoon for Blue Earth-Brown-
     Faribault-Freeborn-Goodhue-Le Sueur-Martin-Nicollet-
     Redwood-Rice-Steele-Waseca-Watonwan.
WI...Flood Watch from 1 PM CDT this afternoon through late Tuesday
     night for Barron-Polk.
     Flood Watch through late Tuesday night for St. Croix.
     Flood Watch until 1 PM CDT this afternoon for Pierce.

&&

DISCUSSION...BED
AVIATION...BED

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 3:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
354 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
180900-
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-
354 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Thunderstorms ongoing this morning. Reports of wind gusts up to
40-65 mph have been observed, and the threat will continue until
late this morning. Isolated large hail and flash flooding are
possible as well.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Additional rounds of thunderstorms are expected through much of
the week. Severe weather, heavy rainfall, and flash flooding are
possible with each of these rounds.

The risk for flooding along area rivers will increase through the
week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed at times this morning
through tomorrow night.

BED

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:09 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
409 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

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

0403 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     3 ESE Fairmont          43.63N 94.42W
06/17/2024  M67 MPH          Martin             MN   AWOS

            AWOS station KFRM Fairmont AP.

&&

borghoff

Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
428 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

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

0415 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 N Welcome             43.68N 94.62W
06/17/2024  M62 MPH          Martin             MN   Mesonet

            Mesonet station MN148 I-90 - Welcome - Mp
            93.7.

&&

Borghoff

Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
457 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

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

0445 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     3 SE Mapleton           43.90N 93.91W
06/17/2024  M59 MPH          Blue Earth         MN   Mesonet

            Mesonet station MN152 T.h.30 - Mapleton - Mp
            146.8.

&&

Borghoff

Local storm report, Jun 17, 5:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
534 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

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

0520 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     5 SE Twin Lakes         43.51N 93.35W
06/17/2024  M53 MPH          Freeborn           MN   Mesonet

            Mesonet station MN001 I-35 - Twin Lakes - Mp
            1.

&&

Borghoff

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 8:11 AM CDT, 34 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
811 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

WIZ015-016-025-027-028-171345-
Chippewa WI-Barron WI-Dunn WI-Eau Claire WI-Rusk WI-
811 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN RUSK...NORTHEASTERN
DUNN...CHIPPEWA...EAU CLAIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN BARRON COUNTIES THROUGH
845 AM CDT...

At 811 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles west of New Auburn to near Augusta.
Movement was northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, Altoona, Lake Hallie, Stanley, Bloomer,
Lake Wissota, Chetek, Augusta, Cornell, Cadott, and Fall Creek.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 94 in Wisconsin between mile markers 69 and 86.
 U.S. Highway 53 between mile markers 86 and 128.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 AM CDT for
west central Wisconsin.

&&

LAT...LON 4460 9131 4516 9187 4564 9129 4524 9092
      4460 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 1311Z 211DEG 46KT 4517 9171 4465 9118

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

NDC

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 8:45 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
845 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

WIZ016-027-171415-
Chippewa WI-Rusk WI-
845 AM CDT Mon Jun 17 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EASTERN RUSK AND NORTHEASTERN
CHIPPEWA COUNTIES THROUGH 915 AM CDT...

At 845 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles southeast of Bruce to 6 miles south of
Owen. Movement was northeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Cornell, Hawkins, Sheldon, Tony, Conrath, Glen Flora, Ingram,
Holcombe, and Otter Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4537 9092 4498 9093 4529 9132 4564 9068
      4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 1345Z 211DEG 39KT 4536 9119 4486 9061

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

NDC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 3:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Martin, Watonwan	57 min
Jun 17, 3:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault	62 min
Jun 17, 4:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Martin, Watonwan	23 min
Jun 17, 4:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca	41 min
Jun 17, 6:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	40 min
Jun 17, 11:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Carver, Scott, Sibley	28 days
Jun 17, 11:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley	24 days
Jun 17, 11:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Wright	21 days
Jun 17, 11:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Scott	29 days
Jun 17, 2:53 PM CDT	Flood Watch	MPX	Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice	13 hr
Jun 17, 3:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Dakota, Rice	44 hr
Jun 17, 3:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Brown	14 days
Jun 17, 3:22 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Brown	14 days
Jun 17, 5:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	46 min
Jun 17, 7:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin	56 min
Jun 17, 8:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Eau Claire, Rusk	34 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.