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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 5, 2026Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2026, 4:28 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 19 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, 2026, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2026, 4:47 PM CDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chippewa County, WI, Rusk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 5, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 205 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: 17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1104 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

922 
WUUS53 KMPX 052128
SVRMPX
WIC017-107-052215-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0076.260605T2128Z-260605T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
428 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Rusk County in northwestern Wisconsin...
  Northeastern Chippewa County in west central Wisconsin...

* Until 515 PM CDT.

* At 428 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from
  5 miles southeast of Ladysmith to 8 miles west of Cornell, or along
  a line from 5 miles southeast of Ladysmith to 23 miles north of Eau
  Claire, moving northeast at 30 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...
  Conrath, Ladysmith, Tony, Cornell, Glen Flora, Holcombe, Ingram,
  Sheldon and Hawkins.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. These storms are capable of producing damaging winds and
large hail.

&&

LAT...LON 4509 9136 4518 9137 4532 9120 4544 9114
      4563 9068 4538 9068 4538 9093 4521 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 235DEG 24KT 4540 9104 4526 9113 4513 9132

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

$$

Borghoff

2 follow-up statements

065 
WWUS53 KMPX 052137
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
437 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

WIC017-107-052215-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-260605T2215Z/
Chippewa WI-Rusk WI-
437 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RUSK AND NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

At 437 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from 11
miles north of Sheldon to near Cornell, or along a line from 10 miles
east of Ladysmith to 18 miles south of Ladysmith, moving northeast at
40 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...
  Conrath, Cornell, Holcombe, Tony, Sheldon, Glen Flora, Ingram and
  Hawkins.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. These storms are capable of producing damaging winds and
large hail.

&&

LAT...LON 4529 9111 4537 9107 4547 9105 4563 9068
      4538 9068 4538 9093 4521 9093 4515 9118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 238DEG 33KT 4542 9099 4528 9107 4516 9119

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

$$

Borghoff

468 
WWUS53 KMPX 052147
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
447 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

WIC017-107-052157-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SV.W.0076.000000T0000Z-260605T2215Z/
Chippewa WI-Rusk WI-
447 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN RUSK AND
NORTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES...

The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT
Friday for portions of northwest and west central Wisconsin.

&&

LAT...LON 4529 9111 4537 9107 4547 9105 4563 9068
      4538 9068 4538 9093 4521 9093 4515 9118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 238DEG 33KT 4546 9088 4532 9097 4520 9108

$$

Borghoff

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 5, 2:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Scattered thunderstorms, some capable of hail and gusty winds, will continue through early evening. Areas of fog developing late tonight.
Drier and warmer Saturday, before another round of showers and thunderstorms late Sunday through Monday.
Hotter and more humid conditions by the middle of next week with highs in the 90s expected. Heat indices may exceed 100 degrees.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
208 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

- Scattered thunderstorms, some capable of hail and gusty winds,
  will continue through early evening. Areas of fog developing
  late tonight.

- Drier and warmer Saturday, before another round of showers and
  thunderstorms late Sunday through Monday.

- Hotter and more humid conditions by the middle of next week
  with highs in the 90s expected. Heat indices may exceed 100
  degrees.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 208 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

Scattered thunderstorms are beginning to develop across western
MN early this afternoon ahead of the main shortwave trough.
Storms are also developing along an outflow boundary, left
behind from from this morning's activity, from Cambridge
southwestward to Buffalo. Activity will generally increase in
coverage and expand eastward this afternoon, while remaining
fairly disorganized due to a lack of strong deep layer shear.
Nevertheless, some may pulse up and become severe for a short
time, as has been the case for the past couple of days.
Marginally severe hail and gusty winds are the main threats
until storms weaken near sunset. Clouds will clear this evening.
With light winds and recent rain areas of fog are probable
overnight.

Weak high pressure over the Great Lakes will turn winds light
easterly Saturday and drier air will work in. Temperatures will
rebound back to the upper 80s.

An upper low over the southern Plains Saturday will lift north
to the Upper Midwest Sunday night and Monday. With it will come
pwats between 1.75-2 inches. However, poor mid level lapse
rates and little low level forcing may make it difficult to
sustain deep convection which should keep QPF relatively light.

Next week a trough will dig into the west and a ridge will
buckle northward across the eastern U.S. Southwest flow will
overtake the central U.S. and several embedded disturbances may
bring storm chances Tuesday into early Wednesday. 700 mb temps
will climb to near +12C, which is near the warm limit to
allow convection. A hot and humid airmass will advect north,
and if convective development does not occur, widespread low to
mid 90s are expected Wednesday. Heat indices should climb to
around 100. The trough will approach Wednesday and a cold front
may push through as early as Wednesday evening. Showers and
thunderstorms should develop along the front and SPC highlights
the Upper Midwest in their day 6 outlook. Cooler air will
follow the front, and if this timing holds, the forecast may be
way too warm Thursday. Given storm chances and a quicker cold
front arrival, forecast temperatures have trended down mid to
late week.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY/...
Issued at 112 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

Scattered thunderstorms will develop this afternoon north of RWF
and MKT. Highest coverage of storms will be after 20-21Z, but
still not confident enough for anything more than a PROB30 for
now, except at RNH early this evening. TS will weaken and
dissipate near sunset with clearing skies late evening. Areas of
fog will develop overnight, with IFR conditions possible.

KMSP...Tough call on the timing of direct impacts, if any at
all, from TS this afternoon and evening. Given the scattered
nature of the expected convection, continued with the PROB30
until storms begin developing and trends can be determined.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
SAT...VFR. Wind N at 5-10 kts, becoming E.
SUN...Mainly VFR. Chc TSRA/MVFR late. Wind SE at 10-15 kts
MON...SHRA/TSRA likely. MVFR possible. Wind SE 5-10 kts.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...None.
WI...None.

&&

DISCUSSION...Borghoff
AVIATION...Borghoff

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 2:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
222 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
061930-
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-
222 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered thunderstorms remain possible through this evening. The
strongest storms will be capable of producing large hail and
damaging wind gusts.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Much hotter weather arrives for the middle of next week with heat
index values near 100 possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed.

Strus

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:48 PM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1248 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

MNZ045-051815-
Kanabec MN-
1248 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN KANABEC COUNTY
UNTIL 115 PM CDT...

At 1248 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Quamba, or 30 miles north of Cambridge, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Mora Airport, Quamba and Snake River State Forest.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 4606 9328 4608 9305 4598 9306 4598 9314
      4588 9314 4588 9327
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 267DEG 20KT 4598 9321

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

Borghoff

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 2:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
258 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

MNZ054-064-052030-
Yellow Medicine MN-Lac Qui Parle MN-
258 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LAC QUI PARLE AND
CENTRAL YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM CDT...

At 258 PM CDT, Public reported a strong thunderstorm near Boyd, or 15
miles southwest of Montevideo, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Penny size hail.

SOURCE...Public reported.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Clarkfield, Boyd, Spring Creek and Hazel Run.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 4480 9608 4495 9601 4489 9567 4489 9565
      4488 9565 4467 9574 4478 9609
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 288DEG 24KT 4485 9599

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

Borghoff

Special weather statement, Jun 5, 3:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
323 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

WIZ015-052115-
Barron WI-
323 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

...HEAVY RAIN AND MINOR FLOODING WILL IMPACT BARRON COUNTY UNTIL 415
PM CDT...

At 323 PM CDT, Trained spotters reported heavy rain and minor
flooding between Rice Lake and Cumberland beneath a batch of storms
moving east at 25 mph.

Locations impacted include...
  Turtle Lake, Comstock, Cumberland, Almena, Barronett, Cumberland
  Airport, Barron, Haugen, Rice Lake Airport, Rice Lake, Cameron,
  Chetek, Brill, Canton, Sumner and Mikana.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

If you encounter a flooded roadway, turn around and find an
alternative route.

&&

LAT...LON 4535 9154 4536 9216 4564 9215 4564 9154
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 276DEG 20KT 4552 9168

Strus

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:48 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
348 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

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

0340 PM     Hail             Alexandria              45.88N 95.38W
06/05/2026  M1.00 Inch       Douglas            MN   Law Enforcement

            Alexandria Law Enforcement relayed a 1 inch
            (quarter size) hail report in Alexandria,
            MN.

&&

LPR

Local storm report, Jun 5, 3:52 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
352 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

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

0340 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     2 SSW Alexandria        45.87N 95.39W
06/05/2026  M64 MPH          Douglas            MN   Official NWS Obs

            Chandler Field ASOS in Alexandria, MN
            reported a Severe Wind Gust of 64 mph.

&&

LPR

Local storm report, Jun 5, 4:19 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
419 PM CDT Fri Jun 5 2026

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

0415 PM     Hail             2 W De Graff            45.26N 95.52W
06/05/2026  M1.50 Inch       Swift              MN   Law Enforcement

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron	52 min
Jun 5, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa	56 min
Jun 5, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Eau Claire, Pepin	53 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.