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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 8, 2006Mower County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2006, 5:18 PM CDT for Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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
May 8, 2006, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2006, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mower County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2006-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
544 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KARX 082219
SVRARX
MNC099-082245-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0013.060508T2218Z-060508T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
518 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS  
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR I 90 EXIT 187...OR JUST NORTHEAST  
  AUSTIN...AND   MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  I 90 EXIT 189 AROUND 525 PM...
  I 90 EXIT 193 AROUND 530 PM...
  GRAND MEADOW AROUND 545 PM...

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

LAT...LON 4371 9289 4367 9285 4368 9245 4383 9246
      4383 9264

$$

BOYNE
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KARX 082227
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
527 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

MNC099-082245-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060508T2245Z/
MOWER MN-
527 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT 
FOR MOWER COUNTY...

AT 522 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RENOVA...OR 10 MILES EAST OF AUSTIN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GRAND MEADOW AROUND 540 PM...  
  RACINE AROUND 545 PM...

LAT...LON 4371 9289 4367 9285 4368 9245 4383 9246
      4383 9264

$$
000 
WWUS53 KARX 082233
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
533 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

MNC099-082245-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060508T2245Z/
MOWER MN-
533 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR MOWER COUNTY...

AT 526 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
LYLE...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF AUSTIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ROSE CREEK AROUND 545 PM...

LAT...LON 4350 9303 4350 9287 4368 9245 4383 9246
      4384 9282

$$

BOYNE
000 
WWUS53 KARX 082239
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
538 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

MNC099-082245-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-060508T2245Z/
MOWER MN-
538 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR MOWER COUNTY...

AT 535 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
LYLE...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF AUSTIN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COUNTY ROADS 56 AND 5 AND JOHNSBURG AROUND 545 PM...

LAT...LON 4350 9303 4348 9281 4368 9245 4383 9246
      4384 9282

$$

BOYNE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 8, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMower27 min
May 8, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMower63 min
May 8, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMower42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006

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.