Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS La Crosse, WI

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WWUS53 KARX 232138
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
437 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

WIC019-232230-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-060823T2230Z/
CLARK WI-
437 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...

AT 433 PM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTED PEA-SIZE HAIL IN EXTREME WESTERN 
CLARK COUNTY.

AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TIOGA...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
NEILLSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HOG CORNERS AROUND 445 PM...
  GREENWOOD AND SNYDER LAKE AROUND 450 PM...
  HIGHWAY 73 AND 98 AROUND 455 PM...
  THE HIGHGROUND AND CHRISTIE AROUND 500 PM...
  LOYAL AND SIDNEY AROUND 505 PM...

LAT...LON 4443 9077 4444 9078 4451 9078 4452 9089
      4455 9092 4483 9092 4483 9092 4482 9081
      4471 9031 4444 9032

$$

DAS

000 
WWUS53 KARX 232158
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
458 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

WIC019-232230-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-060823T2230Z/
CLARK WI-
458 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...

AT 456 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SNYDER LAKE...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
NEILLSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LOYAL AND THE HIGHGROUND AROUND 505 PM...
  COUNTY ROADS H AND K AND SIDNEY AROUND 510 PM...
  NEILLSVILLE AND HIGHWAY 95 AND 73 AROUND 515 PM...
  THE NEILLSVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND VEEFKIND AROUND 520 PM...
  SHORTVILLE AND LYNN AROUND 525 PM...

LAT...LON 4443 9077 4444 9078 4451 9078 4452 9089
      4455 9092 4483 9092 4483 9092 4482 9081
      4471 9031 4444 9032

$$

DAS

000 
WWUS53 KARX 232215
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
514 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

WIC019-232230-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0102.000000T0000Z-060823T2230Z/
CLARK WI-
514 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY...

AT 513 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 95
AND 73...OR NEAR NEILLSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  THE NEILLSVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND VEEFKIND AROUND 520 PM...
  SHORTVILLE AND LYNN AROUND 525 PM...
  NEVINS AND THE CUNNINGHAM AIRFIELD AROUND 530 PM...

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCED WARNING.

LAT...LON 4443 9077 4444 9078 4451 9078 4452 9089
      4455 9092 4483 9092 4483 9092 4482 9081
      4471 9031 4444 9032

$$

DTJ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
320 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

.SHORT TERM...THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT

MAIN CONCERNS ARE WITH THE RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THE PERIOD.

SURFACE ANALYSIS THIS AFTERNOON SHOWS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA NEAR KPHP. WARM FRONT EXTENDS EAST FROM
THE LOW ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. LOCAL AND
REGIONAL RADARS SHOWING SOME CONVECTION ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS
BOUNDARY OVER WISCONSIN.

12Z MODELS ARE VERY SIMILAR WITH THE TRENDS THROUGH THE PERIOD BUT
THE GFS EXHIBITS THE BEST RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY. WILL OBVIOUSLY
SCALE BACK ON THE CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK ISSUES...BUT WILL OTHERWISE
LEAN TOWARD THE GFS SOLUTION.

ONGOING CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE NEARLY
STATIONARY WARM FRONT IN THE MLCAPE AXIS. MLCAPE IN THE WARM SECTOR
HAS BUILT TO AROUND 2500 J/KG AND THEN GOES DOWN TO ABOUT 500 J/KG
NORTH OF THE FRONT NEAR KMDZ. CONVECTION EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
GROWING IN COVERAGE AS UPSTREAM SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA AND THE ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL SPEED MAX COMES DOWN INTO THE
INSTABILITY AXIS THIS EVENING. PLENTY OF SHEAR AVAILABLE WITH
EFFECTIVE SHEAR CURRENTLY 40-45 KNOTS AND THE NAM SHOWING THE 0-6KM
SHEAR REMAINING BETWEEN 45 AND 50 KNOTS THROUGH THE EVENING. HAVE
INCREASED THE POPS OVER THE EAST INTO THE LIKELY RANGE FOR TONIGHT
AS THE CONVECTION COULD GO FOR A WHILE DURING THE OVERNIGHT AREAS
AS THE SPEED MAX MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.

THE WARM FRONT IS NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE MUCH OVERNIGHT BUT AM
SOMEWHAT CONCERNED THAT IT COULD GET PUSHED SOUTH OVER WISCONSIN
FROM THE COMPLEX THAT IS EXPECTED TO FORM. AS THE OVERNIGHT
CONVECTION MOVES OFF TO THE EAST...MAY SEE A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER
DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. BUT WITH THE GFS
CONTINUING TO SHOW BETWEEN 1000-1500 J/KG OF MLCAPE ALONG THE FRONT
OVER MINNESOTA AND THE LOW LEVEL JET AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT BEGINS
TO REFOCUS BACK TO THE WEST...CAN NOT TOTALLY RULE OUT SCATTERED
STORMS FORMING IN THE BAROCLINIC/INSTABILITY ZONE AND WILL KEEP
SOME POPS ALONG THE FRONT. ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN
COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON OVER MINNESOTA AS THE LOW LEVEL JET
CONTINUES TO INCREASE AND THE NEXT IN THE SERIES OF SHORT WAVE
TROUGHS COMES OUT OF THE DAKOTAS TO INTERACT WITH THE FRONT.

GREATEST COVERAGE OF STORMS ACROSS THE AREA WILL OCCUR THURSDAY
NIGHT. THE FRONT AGAIN WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE AREA
WITH THE LOW LEVEL JET EXPECTED TO BRING MOISTURE TRANSPORT ON THE
ORDER OF 250-300 G/KG INTO AND OVER THE FRONT. INTENSE ISENTROPIC
RESPONSE SHOULD BE SEEN WITH THE WARM AIR ADVECTION FROM THE LOW
LEVEL JET WITH THE GFS SHOWING 15 TO 20 MICROBARS/S OF UPGLIDE
DEVELOPING BY 00Z FRIDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY ON THE
310 ISENTROPIC SURFACE. THE SURFACE LOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO PUSH
EAST ALONG THE FRONT AND TOWARD THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT AS THE
SHORT WAVE TROUGH TRANSLATE EAST ACROSS THE REGION. THIS SHOULD POINT
THE NOSE OF THE LOW LEVEL JET RIGHT INTO THE FORECAST AREA AND
SHOULD SEE SEVERAL ROUNDS/TRAINING OF CELLS TO PRODUCE SOME HEAVY
RAINS.

SYSTEM EXPECTED TO SLOWLY PUSH EAST ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY BUT THE
HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD BE EAST OF THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING. HAVE
MAINTAINED CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...BUT NOT OUT OF THE
REALM THAT NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN COULD BE DRY. WITH
THE FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE AREA EAST OF THE AREA FOR FRIDAY NIGHT
DID COORDINATE WITH MPX TO REMOVE THE POPS ACROSS THE WEST.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

LATEST RUNS OF THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AND ENSEMBLES FROM 00Z ARE IN
GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE PASSAGE OF A SHORT WAVE TROUGH EARLY IN THE
PERIOD FOLLOWED BY LARGE SCALE RIDGING OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE
COUNTRY. SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH IS
EXPECTED TO PASS SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA ACROSS MISSOURI AND
ILLINOIS. THIS SHOULD PUT THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA ON THE NORTHWEST FRINGE OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD AS
THIS LOW PASSES BY. PREVIOUS FORECAST ALREADY INCLUDED SOME CHANCE
POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND EAST FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
FOR NOW SEE NO REASON TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THIS THINKING. SYSTEM
STILL LOOKS TO CLEAR THE AREA FOR A DRY SUNDAY WITH SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING IN AFTER THAT KEEPING THE REMAINDER OF THE
EXTENDED PERIOD DRY. PREVIOUS TEMPERATURES LOOK REASONABLE WITH ONLY
A MINOR TWEAK OR TWO MADE.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...PRECIPITABLE WATERS EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 1.75 INCHES
FOR THE EVENT THURSDAY NIGHT AND FOR NOW WILL GO WITH QPF AMOUNTS OF
2-2.5 INCHES. SOMEWHAT CONCERNED THAT THIS MAY BE TOO CONSERVATIVE
AND COULD SEE AMOUNTS IN THE 3 TO 4 INCH RANGE. LATEST FLASH FLOOD
GUIDANCE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN INDICATES
THE AREA CAN TAKE ABOUT 3 TO 4 INCHES IN 6 HOURS...SO FOR NOW WILL
NOT ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH BUT WILL MENTION HEAVY RAIN IN THE
ZONES.

&&

.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&

04

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
155 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-
041>044-053>055-061-241100-
ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE-
FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-
MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-
WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA-
155 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST  INTO CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED FROM RED WING MINNESOTA TO LA CROSSE
WISCONSIN...SOUTHEASTWARD TO NEAR WISCONSIN DELLS. VERY WARM AND
UNSTABLE AIR WAS BUILDING OVER MINNESOTA AND IOWA AND WILL PROVIDE
ENERGY TO THUNDERSTORMS FORMING NEAR THE BOUNDARY. THE WINDS ABOVE
THE SURFACE ARE FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS...WITH TORNADOES POSSIBLE
ALONG THE BOUNDARY WHERE SURFACE WINDS BECOME MORE SOUTH AND EAST.
THE TEMPERATURE AND WIND PROFILE ALOFT ALSO FAVORS VERY LARGE HAIL.
DAMAGING WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE BOUNDARY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM ALONG THIS
FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM RED WING TO LA CROSSE TO THE WISCONSIN
DELLS...AND A TORNADO WATCH WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED BY THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER FOR THE MAIN THREAT AREA. STORMS WILL MOVE
SOUTHEAST ONCE INITIATED.

FURTHER AWAY FROM THE BOUNDARY...ALONG AND NORTH OF I-94 IN
WISCONSIN...LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT.

STORMS MAY BUILD WEST TOWARD I-35 THROUGH THE EVENING AND ALSO WILL
CONTAIN A LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE SHOULD THE BOUNDARY MOVE WEST THROUGH THE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES FOR THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN NEAR A SIOUX FALLS
TO MASON CITY AND DUBUQUE LINE FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. AS A
STRONG UPPER DISTURBANCE AND AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS...THE SOUTHERLY FLOW OF MOISTURE INTO AND OVER THE
FRONT WILL INCREASE FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AIRMASS
SOUTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL AGAIN BECOME VERY UNSTABLE. WINDS
ALOFT WILL INCREASE AS WELL. THIS COMBINATION WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR
A FEW OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. IF THE FRONT LIFTS INTO THE AREA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON OR EARLY THURSDAY EVENING...THERE WILL ALSO BE A RISK FOR
ISOLATED TORNADOS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
THE TORNADO THREAT WOULD MAINLY BE ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

WITH A VERY MOIST AIRMASS BEING LIFTED NORTH OVER THE FRONT...THERE
IS ALSO THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND A POTENTIAL FOR FLASH
FLOODING THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS THREAT APPEARS TO BE MAINLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 90.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER OUTLOOKS WHICH WILL REFINE THE TIMING AND THREAT
AREAS FOR THESE POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY
ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COORIDOR. SPOTTERS ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER CORRIDOR AND EAST SHOULD BE READY FOR ACTIVATION
ANYTIME AFTER 3 OR 4 PM...AND SEVERE WEATHER MAY LAST THROUGH THE
EVENING. AREAS FURTHER WEST WILL POSSIBLY BE NEEDED LATER IN THE
EVENING. THOSE SPOTTERS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER CAN MONITOR
DEVELOPMENT ON RADAR FOR ASSISTANCE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ALMOST ANYWHERE IN THE AREA THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHICH WILL DEPEND ON WHERE THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY IS.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

RRS/DTJ/BAUMGARDT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
315 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0312 PM     HAIL             3 W GREENWOOD           44.77N 90.66W
08/23/2006  E0.75 INCH       CLARK              WI   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

DAVIS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
332 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0310 PM     HAIL             MEAD LAKE               44.79N 90.76W
08/23/2006  E0.75 INCH       CLARK              WI   PUBLIC

&&

DAVIS