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Tornado Warning 15, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 7, 2005Clark County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2005, 8:08 PM CDT for Clark County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 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 7, 2005, 8:08 PM CDT (01:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Clark County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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 7, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2005-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1819 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
1819 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1256 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KARX 080109
TORARX
WIC019-080145-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0015.050608T0108Z-050608T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
808 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CLARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 808 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED TORNADOES ON THE LEADING EDGE 
  OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTH OF 
  MEDFORD TO 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEILLSVILLE. THE TORNADOES WERE  
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE FROM  
  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR CLARK COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  UNITY AROUND 815 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 4502 9059 4478 9061 4478 9031 4503 9031

$$
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KARX 080118
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
817 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

WIC019-080145-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-050608T0145Z/
CLARK WI-
817 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CLARK
COUNTY...

AT 817 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR A LINE OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTH OF MEDFORD TO 17 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF NEILLSVILLE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS LINE HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BRIEF TORNADOES. TAKE COVER IN 
A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY 
FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4502 9059 4478 9061 4478 9031 4503 9031

$$

BOYNE
000 
WWUS53 KARX 080124
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
824 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

WIC019-080145-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-050608T0145Z/
CLARK WI-
824 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CLARK
COUNTY...

WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 1 MILE NORTH OF DORCHESTER.
THIS STORM WILL CROSS INTO MARATHON COUNTY SHORTLY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE DORCHESTER AND 
ABBOTSFORD.

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

LAT...LON 4502 9059 4478 9061 4478 9031 4503 9031

$$

SHEA
000 
WWUS53 KARX 080131
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
831 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

WIC019-080145-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-050608T0145Z/
CLARK WI-
831 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR CLARK
COUNTY...

AT 830 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO JUST NORTHEAST OF NEILLSVILLE.
DOPPLER RADAR IS SHOWING STRONG ROTATION AND POSSIBLY A DEVELOPING 
TORNADO. 

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO THREAT NEAR DORCHESTER.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ABBOTSFORD...
DORCHESTER...LOYAL...NEILLSVILLE...AND SHORTVILLE.

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

LAT...LON 4502 9059 4443 9063 4443 9033 4503 9031

$$

SHEA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark54 min
Jun 7, 7:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXClark3 hr
Jun 7, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTaylor33 min
Jun 7, 8:43 PM CDTTornado WarningARXClark47 min
Jun 7, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson, Trempealeau62 min
Jun 7, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson52 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.