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Tornado Warning 17, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 25, 2005, 5:09 PM CDT for Olmsted County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 25, 2005, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2005, 5:58 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Olmsted County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 5:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 S Eyota, MN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 789 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KARX 252209 TORARX MNC109-252315- /O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0017.050725T2209Z-050725T2315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 509 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA * UNTIL 615 PM CDT * AT 509 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A TORNADO OVER I 90 EXIT 209...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF ROCHESTER. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SIMPSON AND I 90 EXIT 218 AROUND 520 PM CDT... MARION AND PREDMORE AROUND 525 PM CDT... EYOTA AND I 90 EXIT 224 AROUND 535 PM CDT... VIOLA AND HIGHWAY 42 AND COUNTY 9 AROUND 540 PM CDT... I 90 EXIT 229 AND DOVER AROUND 545 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 4394 9267 4384 9256 4394 9210 4410 9223 $$ RIECK
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KARX 252222 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 523 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 MNC109-252315- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050725T2315Z/ OLMSTED MN- 523 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR OLMSTED COUNTY... AT 523 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTH OF SIMPSON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCHESTER. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CUMMINGSVILLE AROUND 530 PM CDT... I 90 EXIT 224 AROUND 535 PM CDT... EYOTA AND COUNTY ROADS 137 AND 136 AROUND 540 PM CDT... I 90 EXIT 229 AROUND 545 PM CDT... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4394 9267 4384 9256 4389 9210 4403 9217 $$ RIECK
000 WWUS53 KARX 252234 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 534 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 MNC109-252315- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050725T2315Z/ OLMSTED MN- 534 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR OLMSTED COUNTY... AT 534 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER COUNTY ROADS 137 AND 136...OR ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROCHESTER. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... I 90 EXIT 229 AND DOVER AROUND 540 PM CDT... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4394 9267 4384 9256 4389 9210 4403 9217 $$ RIECK
000 WWUS53 KARX 252258 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 558 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 MNC109-252308- /O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050725T2315Z/ OLMSTED MN- 558 PM CDT MON JUL 25 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OLMSTED COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... IMMINENT SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER A THREAT. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR OLMSTED COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...STRONG STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 4394 9267 4384 9256 4389 9210 4403 9217 $$ RIECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 6:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 3 hr |
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.