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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 2003, 3:08 PM CDT for Grant County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 22 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 28, 2003, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2003, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Grant County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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 nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KARX 282008 SVRARX WIC043-282030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 307 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 307 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 2 MILES NORTH OF CASTLE ROCK...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF LANCASTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE... NEAR MONTFORT AT 315 PM CDT... A SPOTTER IN BOSOCOBEL REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT 305 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. LAT...LON 4319 9056 4302 9065 4293 9044 4315 9041 $$ RIECK &
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 La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 28, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 100 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003 16Z SFC ANALYSIS PLACED A LOW JUST NORTH OF LSE...WITH A COLD FRONT RUNNING SOUTH OF THE LOW INTO CENTRAL IOWA. DECREASING CLOUDS THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS HAVE AIDED IN DESTABILIZATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE...WITH RUC CAPES OF AROUND 1000 J/KG ALONG THIS FRONT. SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE STARTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AS A RESULT. HAVE UPDATED AREAS AROUND AND EAST OF THE BOUNDARY FOR SHOWER AND STORM CHANCES THIS AFTERNOON AS A RESULT...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. .LSE...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. RIECK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 1:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-291100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 115 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER INDICATES THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAIN EAST OF A ROCHESTER MINNESOTA TO WAUKON IOWA LINE. THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASED SUNSHINE HAS HELPED TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE AREA. A COLD FRONT...EXTENDING FROM A LOW OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...WILL SERVE AS A TRIGGER FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS IN THIS DESTABILIZING AIR. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...PUTTING THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS IN THAT AREA. WIND PROFILES AND THE INSTABILITY SUPPORT STORM DEVELOPMENT...WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HAIL POSSIBLE. TONIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL ROTATE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA...WHILE A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAVERS FROM NORTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED. HOWEVER...STRONG WIND SHEAR ALOFT WILL SPREAD OVER THE AREA AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THE COMBINATION OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE AREA AND THE STRONG WIND SHEAR WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. RIECK/RRS
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.