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Tornado Warning 17, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 7, 2007Juneau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2007, 4:02 PM CDT for Juneau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2007, 4:02 PM CDT (21:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2007, 4:19 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Juneau County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 072102
TORARX
WIC057-072130-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0017.070607T2102Z-070607T2130Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 358 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR MATHER...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOMAH...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS TORNADO WARNING UPGRADES THE PREVIOUS
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JUNEAU COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  THE MEADOW VALLEY FLOWAGE AND THE SPRAGUE MATHER FLOWAGE AROUND 400
  PM...
  SPRAGUE AND NEW MINER AROUND 405 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
NORTHEAST IOWA.

LAT...LON 4425 9031 4405 9031 4418 8991 4425 8989

$$

SHEA
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KARX 072105
SVSARX

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

WIC057-072130-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070607T2130Z/
JUNEAU WI-
404 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
JUNEAU COUNTY...

AT 402 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR FINLEY...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

IF THIS STORM IS PRODUCING A TORNADO...IT WILL PASS NEAR FINLEY AND 
THEN INTO RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY BEFORE CROSSING INTO 
WOOD COUNTY BEFORE 430 PM.

LAT...LON 4425 9031 4405 9031 4418 8991 4425 8989

$$

SHEA
000 
WWUS53 KARX 072111
SVSARX

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

WIC057-072130-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070607T2130Z/
JUNEAU WI-
411 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
JUNEAU COUNTY...

AT 409 PM...NWS METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO TRACK ROTATION ON 
DOPPLER RADAR OVER EXTREME NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY. IF YOU LIVE IN 
RURAL NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY WISCONSIN...FOLLOW YOUR TORNADO SAFETY 
RULES. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE 
PASSED.

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 4425 9031 4405 9031 4418 8991 4425 8989

$$

SHEA
000 
WWUS53 KARX 072119
SVSARX

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

WIC057-072129-
/O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070607T2130Z/
JUNEAU WI-
419 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 4425 9031 4405 9031 4418 8991 4425 8989

$$

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, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WarningARXJackson23 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

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.