Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 5, NWS La Crosse, WI
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe | 25 min |
| May 24, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland | 33 min |
| May 24, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Vernon | 26 min |
| May 24, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland | 31 min |
| May 24, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 41 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.