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Tornado Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI

April 18, 2002Grant County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Apr 18, 2002, 2:57 PM CDT for Grant County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 63 min. 8 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
Apr 18, 2002, 2:57 PM CDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2002, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Grant County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 18, 3:00 PM CDTHail 1.75Dickeyville, WI
Apr 18, 3:04 PM CDTHail 1.75Platteville, WI
Apr 18, 3:13 PM CDTHail 1.75Cuba City, WI
Apr 18, 3:15 PM CDTHail 1Belmont, WI
Apr 18, 3:15 PM CDTHail 1.75Platteville, WI
Apr 18, 3:17 PM CDTHail 1.75Belmont, WI
Apr 18, 3:32 PM CDTHail 1.5Platteville, WI
Apr 18, 3:38 PM CDTHail 0.88Mineral Pt, WI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 18, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2002-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1362 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2002-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1306 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KARX 181957
TORLSE
WIC043-182100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
257 PM CDT THU APR 18 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 257 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  DEVELOPING TORNADO 2 MILES SOUTH OF DICKEYVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF DUBUQUE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE DEVELOPING TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  OVER RURAL GRANT COUNTY AT 310 PM CDT

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

LAT...LON 4266 9069 4249 9059 4285 8933 4310 8948

KRC

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 2:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXVernon64 min
Apr 18, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford61 min
Apr 18, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland61 min
Apr 18, 2:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant48 min
Apr 18, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland46 min
Apr 18, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams, Juneau57 min
Apr 18, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTaylor54 min
Apr 18, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau, Vernon49 min
Apr 18, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTaylor42 min
Apr 18, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe46 min
Apr 18, 5:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark65 min
Apr 18, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo54 min
Apr 18, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTaylor61 min
Apr 18, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams, Juneau58 min
Apr 18, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTrempealeau56 min
Apr 18, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXLa Crosse88 min
Apr 18, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark53 min
Apr 18, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson, Monroe56 min
Apr 18, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau78 min
Apr 18, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford60 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.