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Tornado Warning 14, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 7, 2007Jackson County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 2:37 PM CDT for Jackson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 23 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 7, 2007, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2007, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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, 2:44 PM CDTHAIL 0.882 E Black River Falls, WI

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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 210 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2007-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2007-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 212 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-754 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 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 071937
TORARX
WIC053-072000-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0014.070607T1937Z-070607T2000Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 233 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR CASTLE MOUND...
  OR ABOUT NEAR BLACK RIVER FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS
  TORNADO WARNING UPGRADES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
  FOR JACKSON COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  I 94 EXIT 115 AND LAKE WAZEE AROUND 235 PM...
  SEVENTEEN FLOWAGE AND THE BLACK RIVER CORRECTIONAL CENTER AROUND
  240 PM...
  EAST FORK CAMPGROUND AND PRAY AROUND 245 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 1000 PM THURSDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4430 9093 4417 9076 4442 9032 4442 9070

$$

SHEA
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KARX 071943
SVSARX

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

WIC053-072000-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070607T2000Z/
JACKSON WI-
243 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
JACKSON COUNTY...

AT 241 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LAKE WAZEE...OR 8 MILES EAST OF BLACK RIVER FALLS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PRAY AROUND 250 PM...

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

LAT...LON 4430 9093 4417 9076 4442 9032 4442 9070

$$

SHEA
000 
WWUS53 KARX 071947
SVSARX

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

WIC053-072000-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070607T2000Z/
JACKSON WI-
248 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL
JACKSON COUNTY...

AT 246 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR SEVENTEEN FLOWAGE...OR 12 MILES EAST OF BLACK RIVER FALLS...
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PRAY AROUND 255 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 4430 9093 4417 9076 4442 9032 4442 9070

$$

SHEA
000 
WWUS53 KARX 071954
SVSARX

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

WIC053-072003-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-070607T2000Z/
JACKSON WI-
253 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY 
UNTIL 300 PM...

RADAR SHOWS STRONG ROTATION AND POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR PRAY IN 
EASTERN JACKSON COUNTY. GET UNDER GROUND IF YOU CAN.

THIS STORM WILL LIKELY BE OUT OF JACKSON COUNTY BY 3 PM SO THE 
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME.

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 4430 9093 4417 9076 4442 9032 4442 9070

$$

SHEA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 4:04 AM CDTWind AdvisoryARXAdams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson and 7 more15 hr
Jun 7, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo35 min
Jun 7, 1:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXLa Crosse, Trempealeau60 min
Jun 7, 2:03 PM CDTTornado WarningARXTrempealeau27 min
Jun 7, 2:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson49 min
Jun 7, 2:31 PM CDTTornado WarningARXClark44 min
Jun 7, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe56 min
Jun 7, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WarningARXClark, Jackson15 min
Jun 7, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXLa Crosse56 min
Jun 7, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WarningARXLa Crosse, Monroe40 min
Jun 7, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford, Grant37 min
Jun 7, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson, Juneau28 min
Jun 7, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningARXJuneau17 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.