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Tornado Warning 10, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 3, 2007Grant County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2007, 3:58 PM CDT for Grant County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 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
Jun 3, 2007, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Grant County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 3:59 PM CDTTORNADO2 W Cornelia, WISHERIFF DEPUTY OBSERVED A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD O BETWEEN ELM AND OAK ROADS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2007-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 114 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
114 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KARX 032058
TORARX
WIC043-032130-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0010.070603T2058Z-070603T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
358 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 356 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR KIELER...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUBUQUE...
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS
  TORNADO WARNING FOR GRANT COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LANCASTER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND MCCARTNEY AROUND 400 PM...
  GEORGETOWN AROUND 405 PM...
  SINSINAWA AND CUBA CITY AROUND 415 PM...
  HAZEL GREEN AROUND 420 PM...

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

LAT...LON 4248 9040 4279 9043 4278 9107 4269 9090
      4264 9071 4249 9064

$$

BOYNE
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KARX 032105
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
403 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

WIC043-032130-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070603T2130Z/
GRANT WI-
405 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
GRANT COUNTY...

AT 401 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO JUST NORTH SANDY HOOK MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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

LAT...LON 4248 9040 4279 9043 4278 9107 4269 9090
      4264 9071 4249 9064

$$

BOYNE
000 
WWUS53 KARX 032112
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
412 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

WIC043-032130-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070603T2130Z/
GRANT WI-
410 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
GRANT COUNTY...

AT 409 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADOES NEAR SANDY HOOK AND WEST OF KIELER NEAR THE 
IOWA STATE BORDER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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

LAT...LON 4248 9040 4279 9043 4278 9107 4269 9090
      4264 9071 4249 9064

$$

BOYNE
000 
WWUS53 KARX 032120
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
420 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

WIC043-032130-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070603T2130Z/
GRANT WI-
418 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
GRANT COUNTY...

AT 413 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 2 MILES 
WEST OF KIELER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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

LAT...LON 4248 9040 4279 9043 4278 9107 4269 9090
      4264 9071 4249 9064

$$
000 
WWUS53 KARX 032126
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
426 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

WIC043-032136-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-070603T2130Z/
GRANT WI-
426 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY EXPIRES AT 
430 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.

LAT...LON 4248 9040 4279 9043 4278 9107 4269 9090
      4264 9071 4249 9064

$$

BOYNE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningARXGrant31 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.