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Tornado Warning 5, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 24, 2006Richland County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2006, 5:06 PM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 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 24, 2006, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2006, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Richland County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Davenport, 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2006-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
1234 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 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 
WFUS53 KARX 242206
TORARX
WIC103-242230-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0005.060524T2206Z-060524T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
506 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 504 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR ITHACA...OR ABOUT NEAR RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING EAST
  AT 15 MPH. THIS TORNADO WARNING UPGRADES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RICHLAND COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  NEPTUNE AROUND 515 PM...
  6 MILES SOUTH OF LOYD AROUND 520 PM...
  8 MILES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 58 AND COUNTY K AROUND 530 PM...

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4334 9040 4329 9034 4336 9020 4347 9020

$$

BOYNE
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KARX 242216
SVSARX

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

WIC103-242230-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060524T2230Z/
RICHLAND WI-
514 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR EASTERN 
RICHLAND COUNTY...

AROUND 455 PM...A ROOF WAS TAKEN OFF A BARN JUST SOUTH OF RICHLAND 
CENTER.

AT 512 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR ITHACA...OR NEAR RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING 
EAST AT 20 MPH.

LAT...LON 4334 9030 4331 9028 4332 9019 4340 9020

$$

BOYNE
000 
WWUS53 KARX 242222
SVSARX

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

WIC103-242230-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060524T2230Z/
RICHLAND WI-
521 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT FOR EASTERN 
RICHLAND COUNTY...

AT 516 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KEYESVILLE...OR 
8 MILES EAST OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LAT...LON 4334 9030 4331 9028 4332 9019 4340 9020

$$

BOYNE
000 
WWUS53 KARX 242228
SVSARX

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

WIC103-242238-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-060524T2230Z/
RICHLAND WI-
528 PM CDT WED MAY 24 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY EXPIRES AT
530 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 4334 9030 4331 9028 4332 9019 4340 9020

$$

BOYNE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe25 min
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, 5:49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.