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Tornado Warning 9, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2006, 7:15 PM CDT for Dodge County, Olmsted County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min. 12 reports 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 24, 2006, 7:15 PM CDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2006, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Dodge County, MN, Olmsted County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 7:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Sw Oronoco, MN | |
| Aug 24, 7:26 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Nw Oronoco, MN | |
| Aug 24, 7:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Oronoco, MN | TREE DOWN AT HIGHWAY 52 AND COUNTY 12 BLOCKING A LANE OF TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 52. |
| Aug 24, 7:31 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Oronoco, MN | |
| Aug 24, 7:33 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Oronoco, MN | |
| Aug 24, 7:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Oronoco, MN | SMALL TREES DOWN IN THE CITY. |
| Aug 24, 7:38 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Se Oronoco, MN | |
| Aug 24, 7:40 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Rochester, MN | OCCURRED ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE CITY. |
| Aug 24, 7:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Douglas, MN | TREES DOWN. |
| Aug 24, 7:51 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 7 Ne Rochester, MN | |
| Aug 24, 8:09 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Byron, MN | |
| Aug 24, 8:10 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Byron, MN | GUSTS TO 50 MPH. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 332 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
- 228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1898 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 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 250015 TORARX MNC039-109-250100- /O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0009.060825T0015Z-060825T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 715 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR MANTORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS TORNADO WARNING UPGRADES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DODGE AND OLMSTED COUNTIES. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 14 AND COUNTY 5 AND HIGHWAY 57 AND 570TH STREET AROUND 715 PM... DANESVILLE AROUND 720 PM... OXBOW PARK AND GENOA AROUND 725 PM... WAZIONJA CAMPGROUND AND DOUGLAS AROUND 730 PM... HIGHWAY 52 AND COUNTY 14 AND ORONOCO AROUND 735 PM... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4416 9305 4401 9305 4400 9233 4420 9232 $$ DTJ
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KARX 250027 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 726 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 MNC039-109-250100- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060825T0100Z/ DODGE MN-OLMSTED MN- 726 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN OLMSTED AND NORTHERN DODGE COUNTIES... AT 725 PM CDT...ONE INCH SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTERS AT 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ORONOCO. AT 722 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OXBOW PARK...OR NEAR MANTORVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HIGHWAY 52 AND COUNTY 14 AROUND 735 PM... KINGS PARK AROUND 740 PM... ROCHESTER AND BROOKSIDE R V PARK AROUND 745 PM... RINGE AND POTSDAM AROUND 750 PM... CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. LAT...LON 4416 9305 4401 9305 4400 9233 4420 9232 $$ DTJ
000 WWUS53 KARX 250043 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 742 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 MNC039-109-250100- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060825T0100Z/ DODGE MN-OLMSTED MN- 742 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN OLMSTED AND NORTHERN DODGE COUNTIES... AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGHWAY 52 AND COUNTY 14...OR NEAR ROCHESTER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. LAT...LON 4416 9305 4401 9305 4400 9233 4420 9232 $$ DTJ
000 WWUS53 KARX 250056 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 756 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 MNC039-109-250106- /O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060825T0100Z/ DODGE MN-OLMSTED MN- 756 PM CDT THU AUG 24 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OLMSTED AND NORTHERN DODGE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 800 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. ALTHOUGH THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...STRONG STORMS REMAIN POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 4416 9305 4401 9305 4400 9233 4420 9232 $$ DTJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha, Winona | 65 min |
| Aug 24, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 62 min |
| Aug 24, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 63 min |
| Aug 24, 10:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 11:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 3 hr |
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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.