Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 9, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2007, 3:29 PM CDT for Grant County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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 3, 2007, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2007, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 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), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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 | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:30 PM CDT | TORNADO | Potosi, WI | TORNADO TOOK A ROOF OFF OF A SHED IN THE VILLAGE OF POTOSI ACROSS FROM THE SCHOOL |
| Jun 3, 3:35 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S Tennyson, WI | PUBLIC REPORTED THAT A TORNADO DAMAGED TREES ALONG ON LONG BRANCH ROAD |
| Jun 3, 3:59 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 W Cornelia, WI | SHERIFF DEPUTY OBSERVED A TORNADO TOUCH DOWN ON COUNTY ROAD O BETWEEN ELM AND OAK ROADS |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KARX 032030
TORARX
WIC043-032100-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0009.070603T2029Z-070603T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
329 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 326 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO JUST SOUTH
OF POTOSI NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61 AND HIGHWAY 35
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
LAT...LON 4248 9040 4279 9043 4278 9107 4269 9090
4264 9071 4249 9064
$$
BOYNE3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KARX 032041
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
341 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007
WIC043-032100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070603T2100Z/
GRANT WI-
338 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
GRANT COUNTY...
AT 326 PM...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF POTOSI
NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61 AND HIGHWAY 35.
AT 335 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SPECHTS FERRY...OR
9 MILES NORTH OF DUBUQUE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE TORNADOES WERE INDICATED BY RADAR JUST NORTHEAST
DICKEYVILLE...AND MIDWAY BETWEEN DICKEYVILLE AND HAZEL GREEN.
TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
LAT...LON 4248 9040 4279 9043 4278 9107 4269 9090
4264 9071 4249 9064
$$
BOYNE000
WWUS53 KARX 032050
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
347 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007
WIC043-032100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070603T2100Z/
GRANT WI-
347 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
GRANT COUNTY...
AT 326 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO JUST SOUTH OF
POTOSI NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 61 AND HIGHWAY 35.
AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE TWO POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THE FIRST ONE WAS LOCATED 1 MILE
SOUTHEAST OF SPECHTS FERRY. THE SECOND ONE WAS LOCATED 1 MILE WEST
OF DICKEYVILLE. THESE POSSIBLE TORNADOES WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
LAT...LON 4248 9040 4279 9043 4278 9107 4269 9090
4264 9071 4249 9064
$$
BOYNE000
WWUS53 KARX 032057
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
353 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007
WIC043-032100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-070603T2100Z/
GRANT WI-
353 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
GRANT COUNTY...
AT 352 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR DICKEYVILLE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LAT...LON 4248 9040 4279 9043 4278 9107 4269 9090
4264 9071 4249 9064
$$
BOYNEThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant | 32 min |
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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.