Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 12, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 5:28 PM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 66 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, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 6:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 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), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KARX 042228 TORARX WIC119-042330- /O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0012.050604T2228Z-050604T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 528 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 630 PM CDT * AT 528 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STETSONVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF MEDFORD. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... STETSONVILLE AROUND 535 PM CDT... THE TAYLOR COUNTY AIRPORT AROUND 540 PM CDT... MEDFORD AROUND 545 PM CDT... HIGHWAY 13 AND COUNTY ROAD M AROUND 600 PM CDT... CHELSEA AROUND 615 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 4504 9041 4503 9024 4538 9004 4538 9037 $$ BOYNE
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KARX 042238 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 535 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC119-042330- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050604T2330Z/ TAYLOR WI- 538 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR COUNTY... AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER STETSONVILLE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF MEDFORD. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...MEDFORD AROUND 540 PM CDT...HIGHWAY 13 AND COUNTY ROAD M AROUND 555 PM CDT...CHELSEA AROUND 605 PM CDT...RIB LAKE AND WESTBORO AROUND 615 PM CDT...CAMP FOREST SPRING AROUND 620 PM CDT. ANOTHER TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR JUST NORTH OF CHELSEA. THE THUNDERSTORM ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RADAR PRODUCED A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD N AND HIGHWAY 13 AT 523 PM. THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR RIB LAKE BY 545 PM. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4504 9041 4503 9024 4538 9004 4538 9037 $$ BOYNE
000 WWUS53 KARX 042247 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 543 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC119-042330- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050604T2330Z/ TAYLOR WI- 546 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR COUNTY... AT 543 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR THE TAYLOR COUNTY AIRPORT...OR ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDFORD. THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...HIGHWAY 13 AND COUNTY ROAD M AROUND 555 PM CDT...CHELSEA AROUND 605 PM CDT...RIB LAKE AND WESTBORO AROUND 615 PM CDT...CAMP FOREST SPRING AROUND 620 PM CDT. ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NORTHWEST OF DORCHESTER NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE CLARK...TAYLOR...AND MARATHON COUNTY LINES. THIS TORNADO WILL BE NEAR STETSONVILLE BY 550 PM. YET ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR JUST NORTH OF WESTBORO. THIS TORNADO WILL BE JUST SOUTH OF PRICE COUNTY LINE BY 550 PM. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4504 9041 4503 9024 4538 9004 4538 9037 $$ BOYNE
000 WWUS53 KARX 042256 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 553 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC119-042330- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050604T2330Z/ TAYLOR WI- 553 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR COUNTY... AT 553 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF THE TAYLOR COUNTY AIRPORT...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MEDFORD. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...HIGHWAY 13 AND COUNTY ROAD M AROUND 610 PM CDT...CHELSEA AROUND 620 PM CDT...RIB LAKE AND WESTBORO AROUND 630 PM CDT. A HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD A HALF MILE WEST OF WESTBORO. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THIS SAME LOCATION. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE LOCATED BE NEAR THE PRICE COUNTY LINE NORTH OF WESTBORO BY 6 PM. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4504 9041 4503 9024 4538 9004 4538 9037 $$ BOYNE
000 WWUS53 KARX 042258 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 559 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC119-042330- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050604T2330Z/ TAYLOR WI- 559 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR COUNTY... AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TAYLOR COUNTY AIRPORT...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF MEDFORD. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...HIGHWAY 13 AND COUNTY ROAD M AROUND 605 PM CDT...CHELSEA AROUND 610 PM CDT...WESTBORO AROUND 620 PM CDT...RIB LAKE AND LAKE VIEW PARK AROUND 625 PM CDT...CAMP FOREST SPRING AROUND 630 PM CDT... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4504 9041 4503 9024 4538 9004 4538 9037 $$ BOYNE
000 WWUS53 KARX 042303 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 603 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC119-042330- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050604T2330Z/ TAYLOR WI- 603 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR COUNTY... AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY M AND JOE MARTIN ROAD...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF MEDFORD. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...HIGHWAY M AND JOE MARTIN ROAD AND CHELSEA AROUND 610 PM CDT...WESTBORO AROUND 620 PM CDT...RIB LAKE AND LAKE VIEW PARK AROUND 625 PM CDT...CAMP FOREST SPRING AROUND 630 PM CDT... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4510 9034 4511 9011 4538 9004 4538 9037 $$ BOYNE
000 WWUS53 KARX 042311 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 611 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC119-042330- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050604T2330Z/ TAYLOR WI- 611 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR COUNTY... AT 611 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 2 MILES WEST OF HIGHWAY M AND JOE MARTIN ROAD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDFORD. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...WESTBORO AROUND 620 PM CDT...RIB LAKE AND CAMP FOREST SPRING AROUND 625 PM CDT... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4510 9034 4511 9011 4538 9004 4538 9037 $$ BOYNE
000 WWUS53 KARX 042326 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 624 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC119-042330- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050604T2330Z/ TAYLOR WI- 624 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR COUNTY... AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A POSSIBLE TORNADO 4 MILES NORTH OF HIGHWAY M AND JOE MARTIN ROAD...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEDFORD. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...CAMP FOREST SPRING AROUND 630 PM CDT. AT 623 PM...A HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR WOOD LAKE WHICH IS LOCATED NEAR RIB LAKE IN NORTHEAST TAYLOR COUNTY. TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4511 9034 4512 9011 4538 9004 4538 9037 $$ BOYNE
000 WWUS53 KARX 042334 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 633 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC119-042345- /O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050604T2330Z/ TAYLOR WI- 634 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 AT 632 PM...THE THUNDERSTORM HAD WEAKENED...THUS...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT. $$ BOYNE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clark | 23 min |
| Jun 4, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clark | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Taylor | 28 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.