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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2024, 6:49 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 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 29, 2024, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2024, 7:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 832 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted.
189
WFUS53 KMPX 292349
TORMPX
WIC017-033-300030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0036.240829T2349Z-240830T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
649 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Dunn County in west central Wisconsin...
Southwestern Chippewa County in west central Wisconsin...
* Until 730 PM CDT.
* At 649 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Menomonie, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Menomonie around 655 PM CDT.
Elk Mound around 705 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Cedar
Falls, Hoffman Hills Rec Area, Tainter Lake, and Menomonie Airport.
This includes Interstate 94 in Wisconsin between mile markers 36 and
56.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4486 9165 4482 9166 4479 9199 4491 9207
4510 9160 4486 9150
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 258DEG 28KT 4486 9197
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Borghoff3 follow-up statements
173
WWUS53 KMPX 300000
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
700 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024
WIC017-033-300030-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-240830T0030Z/
Dunn WI-Chippewa WI-
700 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL DUNN AND SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...
At 700 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Menomonie, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Elk Mound around 705 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Cedar
Falls, Hoffman Hills Rec Area, Tainter Lake, and Menomonie Airport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4486 9165 4482 9166 4480 9190 4498 9190
4510 9160 4486 9150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 252DEG 31KT 4490 9182
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Borghoff908
WWUS53 KMPX 300010
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
710 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024
WIC017-033-300030-
/O.CON.KMPX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-240830T0030Z/
Dunn WI-Chippewa WI-
710 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL DUNN AND SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...
At 710 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Elk Mound, or 9 miles east of Menomonie, moving east
at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Elk Mound around 715 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Hoffman Hills Rec Area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 4486 9165 4482 9166 4481 9181 4501 9178
4506 9158 4486 9150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 259DEG 30KT 4490 9171
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Borghoff860
WWUS53 KMPX 300016
SVSMPX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
716 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024
WIC017-033-300025-
/O.CAN.KMPX.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-240830T0030Z/
Dunn WI-Chippewa WI-
716 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DUNN AND SOUTHWESTERN
CHIPPEWA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM CDT for
west central Wisconsin.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
the Twin Cities.
&&
LAT...LON 4486 9165 4482 9166 4481 9181 4501 9178
4506 9158 4486 9150
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 258DEG 28KT 4491 9165
$$
BorghoffThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Polk | 20 min |
| Aug 29, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 5:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Polk | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dunn, Saint Croix | 39 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.