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Tornado Warning 18, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 9, 2005Taylor County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 2005, 3:09 PM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 min. 5 reports 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: Aug 9, 2005, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 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), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 9, 3:13 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	4 N Lublin, WI	ALSO NOTED WALL CLOUD.
Aug 9, 3:43 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	3 W Stetsonville, WI
Aug 9, 3:56 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	6 S Medford, WI
Aug 9, 4:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Stetsonville, WI
Aug 9, 4:00 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Stetsonville, WI

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
Aug 9, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 215 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1641 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -194 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KARX 092009
TORARX
WIC119-092100-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0018.050809T2009Z-050809T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
309 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 309 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A TORNADO
  OVER LUBLIN...OR ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF MEDFORD. THE TORNADO WAS
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 64 AND COUNTY D D AROUND 320 PM CDT...
  COUNTY ROADS A AND E AROUND 340 PM CDT...
  STETSONVILLE AROUND 350 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

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING.

LAT...LON 4504 9087 4505 9090 4507 9090 4521 9081
      4521 9078 4519 9073 4517 9061 4515 9056
      4506 9020 4504 9020

$$

SCHRECK

6 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KARX 092017
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
316 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

WIC119-092100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050809T2100Z/
TAYLOR WI-
316 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR
COUNTY...

A SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL AND A WALL CLOUD NEAR DIAMOND LAKE 
AT 313 PM.

AT 316 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF LUBLIN...OR ABOUT 16
MILES WEST OF MEDFORD. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COUNTY ROADS A AND E AROUND 330 PM CDT...
  STETSONVILLE AROUND 340 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.

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

LAT...LON 4504 9087 4505 9090 4507 9090 4521 9081
      4521 9078 4519 9073 4517 9061 4515 9056
      4506 9020 4504 9020

$$

SCHRECK

000 
WWUS53 KARX 092027
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
327 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

WIC119-092100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050809T2100Z/
TAYLOR WI-
327 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR
COUNTY...

AT 327 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 64 AND
COUNTY D D...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDFORD. THE TORNADO WAS
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  STETSONVILLE AROUND 340 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.

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

LAT...LON 4504 9087 4505 9090 4507 9090 4521 9081
      4521 9078 4519 9073 4517 9061 4515 9056
      4506 9020 4504 9020

$$

SCHRECK

000 
WWUS53 KARX 092040
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
339 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

WIC119-092100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050809T2100Z/
TAYLOR WI-
339 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR
COUNTY...

AT 339 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER COUNTY ROADS A AND 
E...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MEDFORD. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS 
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. NO CONFIRMED TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS HAVE BEEN 
RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STETSONVILLE AROUND 350 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.

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

LAT...LON 4504 9087 4505 9090 4507 9090 4521 9081
      4521 9078 4519 9073 4517 9061 4515 9056
      4506 9020 4504 9020

$$

SCHRECK

000 
WWUS53 KARX 092049
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
349 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

WIC119-092100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050809T2100Z/
TAYLOR WI-
349 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR
COUNTY...

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND A ROTATING 
WALL CLOUD 3 MILES WEST OF STETSONVILLE AT 343 PM.

AT 349 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER STETSONVILLE...OR ABOUT 5
MILES SOUTH OF MEDFORD. THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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

LAT...LON 4504 9087 4505 9090 4507 9090 4521 9081
      4521 9078 4519 9073 4517 9061 4515 9056
      4506 9020 4504 9020

$$

SCHRECK

000 
WWUS53 KARX 092056
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
356 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

WIC119-092100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050809T2100Z/
TAYLOR WI-
356 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR TAYLOR
COUNTY...

WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN SOUTHERN TAYLOR 
COUNTY...SOUTHWEST OF STETSONVILLE.

AT 356 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A FUNNEL CLOUD 4 MILES SOUTH OF
STETSONVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF MEDFORD. THE FUNNEL CLOUD
WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...GILMAN...LUBLIN...
POLLEY...HIGHWAY 64 AND COUNTY D D AND COUNTY ROADS A AND E.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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

LAT...LON 4504 9087 4505 9090 4507 9090 4521 9081
      4521 9078 4519 9073 4517 9061 4515 9056
      4506 9020 4504 9020

$$

SCHRECK

000 
WWUS53 KARX 092100
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
400 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

WIC119-092110-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050809T2100Z/
TAYLOR WI-
400 PM CDT TUE AUG 9 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR TAYLOR COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO
WARNING FOR TAYLOR COUNTY HAS EXPIRED.

HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL 6 MILES SOUTH OF 
MEDFORD AT 355 PM.

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 4504 9087 4505 9090 4507 9090 4521 9081
      4521 9078 4519 9073 4517 9061 4515 9056
      4506 9020 4504 9020

$$

SCHRECK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Taylor	84 min
Aug 9, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark	63 min
Aug 9, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark	46 min
Aug 9, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo	62 min
Aug 9, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Trempealeau	49 min
Aug 9, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark, Jackson	86 min
Aug 9, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Juneau, Monroe	41 min
Aug 9, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	La Crosse	19 min
Aug 9, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Adams	38 min

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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.