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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 4, 2003Jackson County, Monroe County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2003, 4:22 AM CDT for Jackson County, Monroe County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 68 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
Jul 4, 2003, 4:22 AM CDT (09:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2003, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jackson County, WI, Monroe County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:25 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 4, 1:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2003-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1555 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2003-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1555 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

564 
WUUS53 KARX 040922
SVRARX
WIC053-081-041030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
422 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  MONROE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 530 AM CDT

* AT 422 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONDOVI TO 11 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF VIROQUA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR MELVINA AT 435 AM CDT...
  NEAR ST MARYS...AND SPARTA AT 440 AM CDT...
  NEAR NORWALK...AND DISCO AT 445 AM CDT...
  NEAR WILTON...AND RIDGEVILLE AT 450 AM CDT...
  NEAR I 94 EXIT 98...AND BLACK RIVER FALLS AIRFIELD AT 455 AM CDT...

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 4448 9114 4375 9078 4375 9036 4438 9042

$$

KRC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 3:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo, La Crosse, Trempealeau67 min
Jul 4, 4:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXVernon43 min
Jul 4, 4:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland37 min
Jul 4, 4:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau56 min
Jul 4, 5:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams66 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.