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Tornado Warning 16, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 7, 2007La Crosse County, Monroe County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 3:20 PM CDT for La Crosse County, Monroe County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min. 9 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, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2007, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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
Jun 7, 3:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	3 Nw Bangor, WI
Jun 7, 3:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	Bangor, WI
Jun 7, 3:20 PM CDT	TORNADO	4 S Bangor, WI
Jun 7, 3:22 PM CDT	HAIL 3.5	Bangor, WI
Jun 7, 3:27 PM CDT	HAIL 1.75	4 W Sparta, WI
Jun 7, 3:29 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	5 N Sparta, WI
Jun 7, 3:33 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	4 Ne Cataract, WI
Jun 7, 3:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	Warrens, WI
Jun 7, 3:50 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Warrens, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 7, 11:34 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 220 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KARX 072020
TORARX
WIC063-081-072100-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0016.070607T2020Z-070607T2100Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LA CROSSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  MONROE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 315 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR I 90 EXIT 15...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF LA CROSSE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 80 MPH. THIS TORNADO WARNING UPGRADES THE
  PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MONROE AND LA CROSSE
  COUNTIES.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  MINDORO CUT AND I 90 EXIT 15 AROUND 320 PM...
  THE CATARACT LOOKOUT POINT AND FARMERS VALLEY AROUND 325 PM...
  COUNTY ROADS I AND I I AND JACKSON PASS AROUND 330 PM...
  HIGHWAY 131 AND COUNTY A AND THE NORTH FLOWAGE AROUND 335 PM...
  THE REZIN LANDING STRIP AND JELLYSTONE PARK NEAR WARRENS AROUND 340
  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 4396 9113 4380 9098 4390 9032 4416 9032
      4416 9074

$$

SHEA

7 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KARX 072025
SVSARX

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

WIC063-081-072100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070607T2100Z/
MONROE WI-LA CROSSE WI-
325 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN LA CROSSE AND MONROE COUNTIES...

AT 320 PM...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BANGOR...
IN LA CROSSE COUNTY.

AT 323 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR I 90 EXIT 15...OR 
10 MILES WEST OF SPARTA. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  SPARTA AROUND 335 PM...
  FORT MCCOY AROUND 340 PM...
  WARRENS AROUND 345 PM...

LAT...LON 4396 9113 4380 9098 4390 9032 4416 9032
      4416 9074

$$

SHEA

000 
WWUS53 KARX 072030
SVSARX

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

WIC063-072039-
/O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070607T2100Z/
LA CROSSE WI-
330 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LA CROSSE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT EARLIER PROMPTED A WARNING HAS MOVED INTO MONROE 
COUNTY. STORMS HAVE ENDED IN LA CROSSE COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4405 9092 4385 9092 4390 9032 4416 9032
      4416 9074

$$

WIC081-072100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070607T2100Z/
MONROE WI-
330 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MONROE COUNTY...

AT 328 PM...DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED ALONG HIGHWAY 27 BETWEEN 
SPARTA AND CATARACT IN MONROE COUNTY.

AT 328 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 
JUST NORTHWEST OF SPARTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FORT MC COY AND CATARACT AROUND 335 PM...
  TOMAH AND HIGHWAY 131 AND COUNTY A AROUND 340 PM...
  JELLYSTONE PARK NEAR WARRENS AND I 94 EXIT 135 AROUND 345 PM...
  THE REZIN LANDING STRIP AND MILL BLUFF STATE PARK AROUND 350 PM...
  NORMAY RIDGE AROUND 355 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 4405 9092 4385 9092 4390 9032 4416 9032
      4416 9074

$$

SHEA

000 
WWUS53 KARX 072035
SVSARX

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

WIC081-072100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070607T2100Z/
MONROE WI-
335 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MONROE COUNTY...

AT 333 PM...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED ABOUT 4 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF CATARACT. HAIL UP TO 3 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED 
FROM EASTERN LA CROSSE COUNTY EARLIER.

AT 332 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 
NEAR THE CATARACT LOOKOUT POINT...NORTH OF SPARTA...MOVING NORTHEAST 
AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  FORT MCCOY AROUND 340 PM...
  TUNNEL CITY AROUND 345 PM...
  WARRENS AROUND 350 PM.

LAT...LON 4405 9092 4385 9092 4390 9032 4416 9032
      4416 9074

$$

SHEA

000 
WWUS53 KARX 072044
SVSARX

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

WIC081-072100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070607T2100Z/
MONROE WI-
343 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MONROE COUNTY...

AT 340 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR TUNNEL CITY...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST 
OF TOMAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WARRENS AND THE JELLYSTONE CAMPGROUND AREA AROUND 350 PM.

EXPECT LARGE HAIL AT THE CAMPGROUND IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS AND 
A POSSIBLE TORNADO.

LAT...LON 4405 9092 4385 9092 4390 9032 4416 9032
      4416 9074

$$

SHEA

000 
WWUS53 KARX 072046
SVSARX

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

WIC081-072100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070607T2100Z/
MONROE WI-
345 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MONROE COUNTY...

AT 345 PM...DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BETWEEN TUNNEL CITY AND 
WARRENS. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WARRENS AND THE JELLYSTONE CAMPGROUND AREA AROUND 350 PM.

EXPECT LARGE HAIL AT THE CAMPGROUND IN ADDITION TO STRONG WINDS AND 
A POSSIBLE TORNADO.

LAT...LON 4405 9092 4385 9092 4390 9032 4416 9032
      4416 9074

$$

SHEA

000 
WWUS53 KARX 072053
SVSARX

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

WIC081-072100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070607T2100Z/
MONROE WI-
353 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MONROE COUNTY...

AT 349 PM...QUARTER SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT JELLYSTONE CAMPGROUND 
IN THE WARRENS AREA.

* THIS SEVERE STORM AND POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHEAST MONROE COUNTY THROUGH 4 PM.

THE WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY WILL BE CANCELLED SHORTLY.

LAT...LON 4405 9092 4385 9092 4390 9032 4416 9032
      4416 9074

$$

SHEA

000 
WWUS53 KARX 072100
SVSARX

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

WIC081-072110-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-070607T2100Z/
MONROE WI-
400 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 400 PM
CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 4405 9092 4385 9092 4390 9032 4416 9032
      4416 9074

$$

SHEA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 4:04 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ARX	Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson and 7 more	15 hr
Jun 7, 1:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo	35 min
Jun 7, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	La Crosse, Trempealeau	60 min
Jun 7, 2:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Trempealeau	27 min
Jun 7, 2:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Jackson	49 min
Jun 7, 2:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Clark	44 min
Jun 7, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Monroe	56 min
Jun 7, 2:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Jackson	23 min
Jun 7, 3:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Clark, Jackson	15 min
Jun 7, 3:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	La Crosse	56 min
Jun 7, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Crawford, Grant	37 min
Jun 7, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Jackson, Juneau	28 min
Jun 7, 4:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Juneau	17 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.