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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 23, 2006Juneau County, Monroe County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2006, 9:43 PM CDT for Juneau County, Monroe County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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 23, 2006, 9:43 PM CDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2006, 10:25 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Juneau County, WI, Monroe County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 23, 9:43 PM CDTHAIL 1.75Oakdale, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 23, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2006-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2006-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
877 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 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 
WUUS53 KARX 240244
SVRARX
WIC057-081-240345-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0113.060824T0243Z-060824T0345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
943 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 1045 PM CDT

* AT 938 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR I
  90 94 EXIT 48...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF TOMAH...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS SEVERE      
  THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HIGHWAY 131 AND COUNTY A AND I 90 94 EXIT 48 AROUND 945 PM...
  VOLK FIELD AND CLIFTON AROUND 950 PM...
  I 90 94 EXIT 55 AND CAMP DOUGLAS AROUND 955 PM...
  KENDALL AND HUSTLER AROUND 1000 PM...
  NEW LISBON AND JOHNSON HILL AROUND 1010 PM...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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

LAT...LON 4366 9029 4372 9030 4375 9037 4395 9052
      4408 9037 4406 9034 4385 8994 4379 8987
      4376 8984 4366 8981

$$

DAS
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KARX 240251
SVSARX

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

WIC057-081-240345-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-060824T0345Z/
JUNEAU WI-MONROE WI-
951 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MONROE AND SOUTHERN JUNEAU COUNTIES...

AT 943 PM CDT...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT OAKDALE.

AT 947 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR MILL BLUFF STATE PARK...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOMAH...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GLENDALE AROUND 1000 PM...
  NEW LISBON AND I 90 94 EXIT 61 AROUND 1005 PM...
  ELROY AND JOHNSON HILL AROUND 1010 PM...
  MULLIN RIDGE AND LINDINA AROUND 1015 PM...
  MAUSTON AND PLEASANT RIDGE AROUND 1020 PM...

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

LAT...LON 4366 9029 4372 9030 4375 9037 4395 9052
      4408 9037 4406 9034 4385 8994 4379 8987
      4376 8984 4366 8981

$$

DAS
000 
WWUS53 KARX 240306
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1006 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

WIC081-240316-
/O.CAN.KARX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-060824T0345Z/
MONROE WI-
1006 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 4366 9029 4372 9030 4384 9031 4399 9030
      4385 8994 4379 8987 4376 8984 4366 8981

$$

WIC057-240345-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-060824T0345Z/
JUNEAU WI-
1006 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY...

AT 1005 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR I 90 94 EXIT 61...OR NEAR MAUSTON...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MAUSTON AND I 90 94 EXIT 69 AROUND 1015 PM...
  CASTLE ROCK DAM AND LEMONWEIR AROUND 1020 PM...
  THE TOWN OF QUINCY AROUND 1025 PM...
  BASS HOLLOW REC AREA AROUND 1030 PM...
  BASS LAKE CAMPGROUND AND DELLS TIMBERLAND CAMPGROUND AROUND 1040
  PM...

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 4366 9029 4372 9030 4384 9031 4399 9030
      4385 8994 4379 8987 4376 8984 4366 8981

$$

BAUMGARDT
000 
WWUS53 KARX 240319
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1017 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

WIC057-240345-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-060824T0345Z/
JUNEAU WI-
1017 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY...

AT 1013 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. 
THE ORIGINAL STORM THAT CAUSED THIS WARNING HAS WEAKENED.  
HOWEVER...ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UNION CENTER...OR 12 
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAUSTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WONEWOC UNTIL 1035 PM...

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 4366 9029 4372 9030 4384 9031 4399 9030
      4385 8994 4379 8987 4376 8984 4366 8981

$$

BAUMGARDT
000 
WWUS53 KARX 240325
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1025 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

WIC057-240335-
/O.CAN.KARX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-060824T0345Z/
JUNEAU WI-
1025 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

LAT...LON 4366 9029 4372 9030 4384 9031 4399 9030
      4385 8994 4379 8987 4376 8984 4366 8981

$$

BAUMGARDT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau25 min
Aug 23, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXVernon47 min
Aug 23, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau46 min
Aug 23, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson28 min
Aug 23, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe30 min
Aug 23, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson, Juneau, Monroe30 min
Aug 23, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau, Monroe, Vernon29 min
Aug 23, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe27 min
Aug 23, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau42 min
Aug 23, 11:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams31 min
Aug 24, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark, Jackson50 min
Aug 24, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams, Juneau50 min
Aug 24, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson45 min
Aug 24, 3:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau43 min
Aug 24, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXVernon32 min
Aug 24, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford30 min
Aug 24, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland18 min
Aug 24, 3:14 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchARXAdams, Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse and 3 more13 hr
Aug 24, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo, Trempealeau67 min
Aug 24, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo52 min
Aug 24, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark, Jackson52 min
Aug 24, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTrempealeau49 min

Nearby

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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.