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Tornado Warning 11, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 7, 2007Fillmore County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 12:59 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min. 5 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
Jun 7, 2007, 12:59 PM CDT (17:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2007, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fillmore County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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 7, 1:10 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 603 Se Preston, MN
Jun 7, 1:20 PM CDTHAIL 11 W Harmony, MN
Jun 7, 1:30 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGRushford, MNSHED AND GARAGE DAMAGED.
Jun 7, 1:30 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 01 E Whalan, MN70 MPH WINDS
Jun 7, 1:30 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 701 E Whalan, M

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
Jun 7, 11:34 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 72 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-470 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1082 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KARX 071758
TORARX
MNC045-071830-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0011.070607T1759Z-070607T1830Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1259 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 130 PM CDT

* AT 1256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR BRISTOL...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRESTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  FORESTVILLE STATE PARK AND GREENLEAFTON AROUND 100 PM...
  OLD BARN CAMPGROUND AND NEWBURG AROUND 105 PM...
  WHALAN AND TAWNEY AROUND 110 PM...
  RUSHFORD VILLAGE AND PETERSON AROUND 115 PM...
  RUSHFORD AROUND 120 PM...

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

TO CALL YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT DIRECTLY INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DIAL 6 0 8 7 8 4 7 2 1 4.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THURSDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4362 9226 4350 9217 4350 9174 4385 9174
      4384 9203

$$

SHEA
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KARX 071807
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
107 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

MNC045-071830-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070607T1830Z/
FILLMORE MN-
107 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
FILLMORE COUNTY...

AT 105 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OLD BARN
CAMPGROUND...OR NEAR PRESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PETERSON AND CHOICE AROUND 115 PM...
  RUSHFORD AND RUSHFORD VILLAGE AROUND 120 PM...

TO CALL YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT DIRECTLY INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DIAL 6 0 8 7 8 4 7 2 1 4.

LAT...LON 4362 9226 4350 9217 4350 9174 4385 9174
      4384 9203

$$

SHEA
000 
WWUS53 KARX 071813
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
113 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

MNC045-071830-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070607T1830Z/
FILLMORE MN-
113 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
FILLMORE COUNTY...

AT 109 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE STRONG ROTATION ON RADAR NEAR LANESBORO...OR 7 MILES EAST 
OF PRESTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSHFORD AND RUSHFORD VILLAGE AROUND 120 PM...

TO CALL YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT DIRECTLY INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DIAL 6 0 8 7 8 4 7 2 1 4.

LAT...LON 4362 9226 4350 9217 4350 9174 4385 9174
      4384 9203

$$

SHEA
000 
WWUS53 KARX 071822
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
122 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

MNC045-071830-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070607T1830Z/
FILLMORE MN-
122 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
FILLMORE COUNTY...

AT 120 PM...QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF HARMONY 
MINNESOTA.  STRONG WINDS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE MINNESOTA 
AND IOWA STATELINE.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RUSHFORD AND RUSHFORD VILLAGE AROUND 120 PM...

TO CALL YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT DIRECTLY INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DIAL 6 0 8 7 8 4 7 2 1 4.

LAT...LON 4362 9226 4350 9217 4350 9174 4385 9174
      4384 9203

$$

SHEA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 4:04 AM CDTWind AdvisoryARXDodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more15 hr
Jun 7, 12:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore46 min
Jun 7, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXOlmsted, Wabasha, Winona48 min
Jun 7, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore, Houston60 min
Jun 7, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinona60 min
Jun 7, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXHouston21 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.