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Tornado Warning 4, NWS La Crosse, WI

March 30, 2005Olmsted County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Mar 30, 2005, 2:38 PM CST for Olmsted County, Minnesota. It was in force for 67 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, 2:38 PM CST (20:38 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2005, 3:45 PM CST
In force: 67 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), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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.

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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 311 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: 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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KARX 302041
TORARX
MNC109-302145-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0004.050330T2038Z-050330T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
238 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 345 PM CST

* AT 238 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM       
  MOVING NORTH INTO OLMSTED COUNTY FROM MOWER COUNTY...5 MILES       
  SOUTHWEST OF I 90 EXIT 209...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF        
  ROCHESTER. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF CONFIRMED TORNADOES AND WAS 
  MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PREDMORE AND SIMPSON AROUND 245 PM CST...
  MARION AND SALEM CORNERS AROUND 250 PM CST...
  ROCHESTER AND BROOKSIDE R V PARK AROUND 255 PM CST...
  GENOA AROUND 305 PM CST...
  RINGE AND HIGHWAY 52 AND COUNTY 14 AROUND 310 PM CST...

A TORNADO HAS BEEN SPOTTED 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 4406 9232 4405 9232 4397 9232 4396 9234
      4386 9236 4385 9268 4405 9267 4406 9266
      4418 9266 4418 9233

$$

BAUMGARDT

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KARX 302059 RRA
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
257 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

MNC109-302145-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050330T2145Z/
OLMSTED MN-
257 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR OLMSTED
COUNTY...

AT 257 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES EAST OF SALEM CORNERS...OR 
ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCHESTER. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 
25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...ROCHESTER AIRPORT AND CUMMINGSVILLE AROUND
245 PM CST...MARION AND PREDMORE AROUND 250 PM CST...I 90 EXIT 229
AND I 90 EXIT 224 AROUND 255 PM CST...EYOTA AND ROCHESTER AROUND 300 
PM CST...GENOA AND COUNTY ROADS 9 AND 10 AROUND 305 PM CST.

ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES SOUTH OF DOVER MOVING NORTH AT 25 
MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED PENNY SIZE HAIL AT 255 PM. 

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4409 9233 4407 9227 4404 9209 4396 9209
      4385 9209 4385 9268 4405 9267 4406 9266
      4418 9267 4418 9234

$$

SCHRECK

000 
WWUS53 KARX 302127
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
325 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

MNC109-302145-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050330T2145Z/
OLMSTED MN-
325 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM CST FOR OLMSTED
COUNTY...

AT 325 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF POTSDAM...OR ABOUT 
11 MILES NORTH OF ROCHESTER. THE TORNADO THREAT WAS MOVING NORTH AT 
25 MPH. THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED IN THE CITY OF ROCHESTER.

THE TORNADO THREAT WILL BE NEAR...OXBOW PARK AROUND 310 PM 
CST...GENOA AND LITTLE VALLEY AROUND 315 PM CST...ORONOCO AND 
POTSDAM AROUND 320 PM CST.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO TAKE COVER IN A
BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4409 9234 4410 9228 4411 9211 4404 9211
      4406 9268 4406 9268 4407 9267 4419 9268
      4418 9234

$$

SCHRECK

000 
WWUS53 KARX 302137
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
337 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005

MNC109-302147-
/O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050330T2145Z/
OLMSTED MN-
337 PM CST WED MAR 30 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.

TO CALL YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT DIRECTLY INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DIAL 6 0 8 7 8 2 1 8 9 4.

LAT...LON 4409 9234 4410 9228 4411 9211 4404 9211
      4406 9268 4406 9268 4407 9267 4419 9268
      4418 9234

$$

SCHRECK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 30, 1:39 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Dodge	36 min
Mar 30, 2:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ARX	Mower	43 min
Mar 30, 2:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore	37 min
Mar 30, 2:55 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Houston	35 min
Mar 30, 3:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	44 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.