Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 8, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at May 26, 2007, 5:44 PM CDT for Grant County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 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
- May 26, 2007, 5:44 PM CDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2007, 6:11 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 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), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 6:20 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 1 Nw Cuba City, WI | REPORTED BY FIRE DEPT |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KARX 262244 TORARX WIC043-262330- /O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0008.070526T2244Z-070526T2330Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 544 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 542 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR DICKEYVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF DUBUQUE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... SANDY HOOK AND KIELER AROUND 545 PM... DICKEYVILLE AROUND 550 PM... CORNELIA AND LOUISBURG AROUND 555 PM... BIG PATCH AND GEORGETOWN AROUND 610 PM... HAZEL GREEN AROUND 615 PM... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS 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 4251 9064 4265 9071 4274 9042 4251 9042 $$ MW
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KARX 262301 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 600 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 WIC043-262330- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070526T2330Z/ GRANT WI- 600 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY... AT 558 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GEORGETOWN...OR 7 MILES SOUTH OF PLATTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... CUBA CITY AND PLATTEVILLE AIRPORT AROUND 610 PM... PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4257 9057 4267 9062 4274 9042 4257 9042 $$ MW
000 WWUS53 KARX 262311 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 611 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 WIC043-262321- /O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070526T2330Z/ GRANT WI- 611 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. LAT...LON 4257 9057 4267 9062 4274 9042 4257 9042 $$ MW
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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.