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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS La Crosse, WI

September 7, 2005Jackson County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2005, 11:57 AM CDT for Jackson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report 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: Sep 7, 2005, 11:57 AM CDT (16:57 UTC)
Expired: Sep 7, 2005, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 7, 12:10 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Alma Center, WI	HIGH WIND ALSO REPORTED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 217 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1452 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KARX 071658
SVRARX
WIC053-071800-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0092.050907T1657Z-050907T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1157 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 PM CDT

* AT 1157 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE HAIL OVER I 94 EXIT 105...OR ABOUT 11
  MILES NORTHWEST OF BLACK RIVER FALLS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS
  MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALMA CENTER AROUND 1210 PM...
  MERRILLAN AROUND 1225 PM...
  HATFIELD AND LAKE ARBUTUS AROUND 1245 PM...
  EAST FORK CAMPGROUND AROUND 1250 PM...

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4430 9101 4443 9113 4445 9113 4456 9093
      4451 9090 4451 9080 4443 9080 4442 9078
      4442 9066

$$

RRS

5 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KARX 071708
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1208 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

WIC053-071800-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-050907T1800Z/
JACKSON WI-
1208 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FOR JACKSON COUNTY...

AT 1208 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL OVER HIXTON ALMA CENTER K O
A...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLACK RIVER FALLS. THE SEVERE
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MERRILLAN AROUND 1220 PM...
  HATFIELD AND LAKE ARBUTUS AROUND 1240 PM...
  EAST FORK CAMPGROUND AROUND 1245 PM...

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4430 9101 4443 9113 4445 9113 4456 9093
      4451 9090 4451 9080 4443 9080 4442 9078
      4442 9066

$$

RRS

000 
WWUS53 KARX 071714
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1213 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

WIC053-071800-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-050907T1800Z/
JACKSON WI-
1213 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FOR JACKSON COUNTY...

AT 1210 PM...ALMA CENTER FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL 
IN ALMA CENTER.

AT 1213 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL OVER ALMA CENTER...OR ABOUT
10 MILES NORTH OF BLACK RIVER FALLS. THE SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MERRILLAN AROUND 1220 PM...
  HATFIELD AND LAKE ARBUTUS AROUND 1240 PM...
  EAST FORK CAMPGROUND AROUND 1245 PM...

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4430 9101 4443 9113 4445 9113 4456 9093
      4451 9090 4451 9080 4443 9080 4442 9078
      4442 9066

$$

RRS

000 
WWUS53 KARX 071723
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1222 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

WIC053-071800-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-050907T1800Z/
JACKSON WI-
1222 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FOR JACKSON COUNTY...

AT 1221 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF KOMENSKY
STATION...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF BLACK RIVER FALLS. THE SEVERE
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LAKE ARBUTUS AND EAST FORK CAMPGROUND AROUND 1230 PM...
  THE SEVENTEEN FLOWAGE AROUND 1250 PM...
  PRAY AROUND 1255 PM...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE 
NOTICE.

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4422 9049 4437 9094 4443 9097 4449 9091
      4451 9090 4451 9080 4443 9080 4442 9078
      4442 9049

$$

SHEA

000 
WWUS53 KARX 071735
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1233 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

WIC053-071800-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-050907T1800Z/
JACKSON WI-
1233 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FOR JACKSON COUNTY...

AT 1233 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A CLUSTER OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY...FROM NEAR 
HATFIELD TO JUST EAST OF BLACK RIVER FALLS. WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH AND 
HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS THESE STORMS MOVE 
INTO EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY.

THESE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED SINCE EARLIER PRODUCING LARGE HAIL IN 
ALMA CENTER.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MILLSTON AROUND 1240 PM...
  PIGEON CREEK CAMPGROUND AND I 94 EXIT 128 AROUND 1245 PM...
  THE SEVENTEEN FLOWAGE AROUND 1250 PM...
  PRAY AROUND 100 PM...

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4417 9031 4417 9089 4443 9097 4449 9091
      4451 9090 4451 9080 4443 9080 4442 9078
      4442 9033

$$

SHEA

000 
WWUS53 KARX 071750
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1250 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

WIC053-071800-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0092.000000T0000Z-050907T1800Z/
JACKSON WI-
1250 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT
FOR JACKSON COUNTY...

AT 1245 PM...A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS PASSING THROUGH 
EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS NEAR MILLSTON...
CROSSING INTERSTATE 94 NEAR THE JACKSON AND MONROE COUNTY LINE...
NEAR MILE MARKER 130.

LARGE HAIL IS THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS STORM...AND WITH OTHERS THAT
WILL CROSS RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY. A NEW WARNING FOR
EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED SOON.

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR 
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4416 9031 4416 9088 4443 9097 4449 9091
      4451 9090 4451 9080 4443 9080 4442 9078
      4442 9033

$$

SHEA

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 Sep 7, 4:02 AM CDT, 7 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 4:02 AM CDT, 7 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
402 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY

PRECIPITATION CHANCES FROM TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...AND THE
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ARE THE
MAIN CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE.

AT 4 AM...A SURFACE COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM IRON MOUNTAIN MICHIGAN
WEST SOUTHWEST TO AUSTIN MINNESOTA AND WEST TO SIOUX CITY IOWA.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING ALONG AND
NORTH OF THIS FRONT EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN
MAINLY FOCUSED ALONG THE 850 MB COLD FRONT. UNLIKE THE PAST COUPLE
OF DAYS...THE SEPTEMBER 7TH 00Z MODELS DIFFER ON HOW SOUTH THIS
FRONT WILL GO. BOTH THE NGM AND NAM HAVE THIS FRONT MOVING AS FAR
SOUTH AS SOUTHERN IOWA. MEANWHILE THE GFS HAS THE FRONT STALLING
OUT ACROSS NORTHERN IOWA. CONSIDERING THE UPPER LEVEL WINDS AND
LOOKING AT THE WINDS ON THE PROFILERS THIS MORNING...I HAVE A VERY
HARD TIME BUYING THAT THE FRONT WILL MAKE IT TO SOUTHERN IOWA. AS
A RESULT...I WENT MORE ALONG THE GFS FRONTAL POSITION FOR TODAY
AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...THE MODELS DO NOT HAVE AS IMPRESSIVE
UPPER LEVEL JET MOVING INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...
I LOWERED THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES JUST A BIT FOR TODAY.

ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALL OF THE SHORT RANGE MODELS
SHOW THAT SOME CYCLOGENESIS WILL TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE AREA.
THIS IS PARTIALLY IN RESPONSE TO THE STRONG COUPLED JET LOCATED
ACROSS THE REGION. THE GFS LOOKS TO BE HAVING SOME FEEDBACK
PROBLEMS BY 00Z FRIDAY...SO I TRENDED TOWARD THE SLIGTLY WEAKER
NAM AND NGM SOLUTIONS. WITH THE 0-6KM SHEAR RUNNING IN THE
30 TO 40 KNOT RANGE AND GOOD INSTABILITY BE ADVECTED INTO THE REGION...
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED CAREFULLY FOR THE
POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL.
HOWEVER THERE WILL BE A POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES IN THE VICINITY
OF THE WARM FRONT.

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY

THE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A STRONG 500 MB RIDGE BUILDING ACROSS
THE AREA DURING THIS TIME FRAME. THE MAIN FORECAST QUESTION IS
WHEN WILL THIS RIDGE BREAK DOWN. THE OPERATIONAL GFS SHOWS THAT
THAT THIS WILL OCCUR EARLY NEXT WEEK. MEANWHILE THE ECMWF SHOWS
THAT THIS MAY NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MUCH OF THE
DIFFERENCES IS A RESULT OF HOW THEY HANDLE OPHELIA.

&&

.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&

BOYNE

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 5:11 AM CDT, 6 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
511 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-
041>044-053>055-061-081000-
ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE-
FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-
MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-
WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA-
511 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT ACROSS NORTHERN WISCONSIN INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL
MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES OVER THE
AREA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE FRONT LATER
THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTHERN IOWA AND SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...AND
MAINLY THIS MORNING OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE THIS
MORNING. ALTHOUGH ANY STORM COULD BRIEFLY PRODUCE SOME LARGE HAIL...
WEAK WINDS ALOFT AND LITTLE INSTABILITY WILL KEEP ANY ORGANIZED
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT OUT OF THE PICTURE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A STRONGER DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER IOWA WILL BEGIN TO RETURN
NORTHWARD AS A WARM FRONT. IT IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME THE LOCATION
OF THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AS THE TWO SYSTEMS INTERACT...BUT IT
DOES SEEM LIKELY THAT AT LEAST SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. WITH INCREASING WINDS
ALOFT AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES...THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WITH ANY
STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE INCREASED IN COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS
DAYS. THE MAIN THREATS WOULD BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY TODAY...BUT SPOTTERS
SHOULD BE AWARE THAT ANY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY MAY BRIEFLY
PRODUCE SOME LARGE HAIL. A BETTER CHANCE OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL
COME THURSDAY WITH THE STRONGER SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE AREA.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

BINAU

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 7, 12:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Adams	32 min
Sep 7, 12:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Jackson	34 min
Sep 7, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Monroe	55 min
Sep 7, 1:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Juneau	67 min
Sep 7, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Adams	57 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.