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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 24, 2006Monroe County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2006, 4:02 PM CDT for Monroe County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 25 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
May 24, 2006, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2006, 4:27 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Monroe County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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
May 24, 4:05 PM CDTHAIL 0.755 Se Sparta, 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
May 24, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 12:00Z on 2006-05-24Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2006-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 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
2144 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 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 242104
SVRARX
WIC081-242130-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0021.060524T2102Z-060524T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
402 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 357 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
  I 90 EXIT 41...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPARTA...AND MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TOMAH AROUND 420 PM...
  I 94 EXIT 135 AND JELLYSTONE PARK NEAR WARRENS AROUND 425 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 4388 9076 4382 9065 4401 9031 4417 9032
      4416 9052

$$

BOYNE

NWS LA CROSSE
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KARX 242111
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
410 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

WIC081-242130-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060524T2130Z/
MONROE WI-
410 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN MONROE COUNTY...

AT 405 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JACKSON PASS...OR 9 MILES EAST OF
SPARTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  I 90 EXIT 43 AND TOMAH AROUND 420 PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4388 9076 4382 9065 4401 9031 4417 9032
      4416 9052

$$

BOYNE
000 
WWUS53 KARX 242119
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
418 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

WIC081-242130-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060524T2130Z/
MONROE WI-
418 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN MONROE COUNTY...

AT 413 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JACKSON PASS...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TOMAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  I 90 EXIT 43 AND TOMAH AROUND 420 PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4388 9076 4382 9065 4401 9031 4417 9032
      4416 9052

$$

BOYNE
000 
WWUS53 KARX 242123
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
423 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

WIC081-242130-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060524T2130Z/
MONROE WI-
423 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN MONROE COUNTY...

AT 418 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR I 90 EXIT 41...OR NEAR TOMAH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  I 90 AND I 94 INTERCHANGE AND WYEVILLE AROUND 430 PM...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4388 9076 4382 9065 4401 9031 4417 9032
      4416 9052

$$

BOYNE
000 
WWUS53 KARX 242127
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
427 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

WIC081-242137-
/O.CAN.KARX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060524T2130Z/
MONROE WI-
427 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR WESTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4388 9076 4382 9065 4401 9031 4417 9032
      4416 9052

$$

BOYNE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland33 min
May 24, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXVernon26 min
May 24, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland31 min
May 24, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningARXRichland24 min
May 24, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams, Juneau41 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.