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Tornado Warning 24, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Sep 13, 2005, 3:17 PM CDT for La Crosse County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 15 min. 2 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
- Sep 13, 2005, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2005, 3:32 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County La Crosse County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 3:17 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Sw Stevenstown, WI | NARROW PATH OF DAMAGE NOTED ON FLATTEN ROAD NEAR COUNTY ROAD V BETWEEN HOLMEN AND STEVENSTOWN. |
| Sep 13, 3:17 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 Sw Stevenstown, WI | NARROW PATH OF DAMAGE NOTED ON FLATTEN ROAD NEAR COUNTY ROAD V BETWEEN HOLMEN AND STEVESTOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 442 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KARX 132017 TORARX WIC063-132045- /O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0024.050913T2017Z-050913T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 317 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LA CROSSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STEVENSTOWN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... STEVENSTOWN AROUND 325 PM... MINDORO AND SEVERSON COULEE AROUND 335 PM... BURR OAK AROUND 345 PM... 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. LAT...LON 4404 9127 4398 9125 4398 9101 4407 9104 $$ BOYNE
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KARX 132020 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 320 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 WIC063-132045- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050913T2045Z/ LA CROSSE WI- 320 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR LA CROSSE COUNTY... AT 320 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STEVENSTOWN... OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... STEVENSTOWN AROUND 330 PM... MINDORO AND SEVERSON COULEE AROUND 340 PM... BURR OAK AROUND 345 PM... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4404 9127 4398 9125 4398 9101 4407 9104 $$ BOYNE
000 WWUS53 KARX 132024 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 324 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 WIC063-132045- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050913T2045Z/ LA CROSSE WI- 324 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR LA CROSSE COUNTY... AT 324 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER STEVENSTOWN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BURR OAK AROUND 335 PM... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4404 9127 4398 9125 4398 9101 4407 9104 $$ BOYNE
000 WWUS53 KARX 132029 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 329 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 WIC063-132045- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050913T2045Z/ LA CROSSE WI- 329 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR LA CROSSE COUNTY... AT 329 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF BURR OAK...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BURR OAK AROUND 335 PM... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4407 9116 4403 9113 4403 9103 4407 9104 $$ BOYNE
000 WWUS53 KARX 132032 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 333 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 WIC063-132043- /O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-050913T2045Z/ LA CROSSE WI- 333 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LA CROSSE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... IMMINENT SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER A THREAT. THEREFORE...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LA CROSSE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4407 9116 4403 9113 4403 9103 4407 9104 $$ BOYNE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Trempealeau | 15 min |
| Sep 13, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Vernon | 23 min |
| Sep 13, 4:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Trempealeau | 3 hr |
| Sep 13, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe | 24 min |
| Sep 13, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams | 26 min |
| Sep 13, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Juneau | 42 min |
| Sep 13, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams | 29 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.