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Tornado Warning 13, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2005, 8:33 PM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 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, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 9:06 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 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 01:36 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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 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 050134
TORARX
WIC119-050230-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0013.050605T0133Z-050605T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
833 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 831 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO 1
MILE NORTH OF GILMAN...OR ABOUT 21 MILES WEST OF MEDFORD. THE
TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
THE MILLER DAM FLOWAGE AROUND 840 PM...
PERKINSTOWN AROUND 845 PM...
KATHRYN LAKE AROUND 850 PM...
THE KINDRICK SWAMP AREA AROUND 855 PM...
ESADORE LAKE AROUND 905 PM CDT.
A TORNADO HAS BEEN SPOTTED TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
TO CALL YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT DIRECTLY INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DIAL 6 0 8 7 8 2 1 8 9 4.
LAT...LON 4524 9087 4514 9067 4521 9005 4538 9004
4538 9054
$$
SHEA2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KARX 050150
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
847 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
WIC119-050230-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050605T0230Z/
TAYLOR WI-
847 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR
COUNTY...
AT 847 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER THE MILLER DAM FLOWAGE...OR
ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF MEDFORD. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
20 MPH.
THE STORM HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF WEAKENING...HOWEVER A TORNADO CAN STILL
REDEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THERE HAVE BEEN NO FURTHER REPORTS OF A
TORNADO.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...PERKINSTOWN AND KATHRYN LAKE AROUND 855 PM
CDT...THE KINDRICK SWAMP AREA AROUND 900 PM CDT...ESADORE LAKE AROUND
915 PM CDT...NORTH TWIN LAKE AND THE MONDEAUX FLOWAGE AROUND 925 PM
CDT...WESTBORO AND CHELSEA AROUND 930 PM CDT...
PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS
LAT...LON 4524 9087 4514 9067 4521 9005 4538 9004
4538 9054
$$
SCHRECK000
WWUS53 KARX 050206
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
904 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
WIC119-050214-
/O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050605T0230Z/
TAYLOR WI-
904 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT THE STORM IS WEAKENING...AND NO
FURTHER TORNADO REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
IMMINENT SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER A THREAT. THEREFORE...THE
TORNADO WARNING FOR TAYLOR COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
TO CALL YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT DIRECTLY INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DIAL 6 0 8 7 8 2 1 8 9 4.
LAT...LON 4524 9087 4514 9067 4521 9005 4538 9004
4538 9054
$$
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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.