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Tornado Warning 11, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 4, 2005Taylor County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 5:02 PM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 28 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 4, 2005, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2005, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Taylor County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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
Jun 4, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 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 042202
TORARX
WIC119-042230-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0011.050604T2202Z-050604T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
502 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 502 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A TORNADO 
  3 MILES WEST OF MEDFORD. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 13 AND COUNTY ROAD M AROUND 510 PM CDT...
  NORTH TWIN LAKE AROUND 515 PM CDT...
  THE MONDEAUX FLOWAGE AND CHELSEA AROUND 520 PM CDT...
  RIB LAKE AND WESTBORO AROUND 525 PM CDT...
  CAMP FOREST SPRING AND LAKE VIEW PARK AROUND 530 PM CDT...

A TORNADO IS BEING DETECTED BY RADAR. THIS MEANS THAT A TORNADO MAY
NOT BE OCCURRING WHEN THE WARNING IS ISSUED...BUT ONE IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4512 9048 4513 9031 4538 9005 4538 9046

$$

BOYNE
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KARX 042214
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
514 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

WIC119-042230-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050604T2230Z/
TAYLOR WI-
514 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR
COUNTY...

AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF ESADORE LAKE...OR
ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MEDFORD. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT
25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...NORTH TWIN LAKE AROUND 520 PM CDT...THE
MONDEAUX FLOWAGE AND CHELSEA AROUND 525 PM CDT...RIB LAKE AND
WESTBORO AROUND 530 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 4504 9050 4504 9040 4538 9005 4538 9046

$$

BOYNE
000 
WWUS53 KARX 042223
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
521 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

WIC119-042230-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050604T2230Z/
TAYLOR WI-
521 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR
COUNTY...

AT 521 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY 13 AND
COUNTY ROAD M...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF MEDFORD. 

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...RIB LAKE AND WESTBORO AROUND 530 PM CDT.

ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR THE 
INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD A AND COUNTY ROAD E SOUTHWEST OF 
MEDFORD. THIS TORNADO WILL BE JUST WEST OF MEDFORD AROUND 530 PM.

BOTH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 4504 9050 4504 9040 4538 9005 4538 9046

$$

BOYNE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningARXClark23 min
Jun 4, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningARXClark34 min
Jun 4, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningARXTaylor66 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.