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Tornado Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2005, 2:15 PM CST for Mitchell County, Iowa. It was in force for 30 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
- Mar 30, 2005, 2:15 PM CST (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2005, 2:45 PM CST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Mitchell County, IA
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 277 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KARX 302016 TORARX IAC131-302045- /O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0002.050330T2015Z-050330T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 215 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA * UNTIL 245 PM CST * AT 215 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER HIGHWAY 218 AND COUNTY T 40...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF OSAGE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM. BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS WERE REPORTED BY FIRE DEPARTMENTS NEAR OSAGE AND STACEYVILLE AT 210 PM. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MEYER AROUND 220 PM CST... 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 4339 9298 4328 9279 4349 9262 4348 9293 $$ RIECK
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KARX 302033 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 233 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 IAC131-302043- /O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-050330T2045Z/ MITCHELL IA- 233 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MITCHELL COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... IMMINENT SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER A THREAT. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MITCHELL COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...STRONG STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 4339 9298 4328 9279 4349 9262 4348 9293 $$ RIECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 23 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.