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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 25, 2008Clayton County, Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2008, 6:29 PM CDT for Clayton County, Iowa. It was in force for 76 min. 4 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: May 25, 2008, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2008, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 76 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Clayton County, IA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 25, 6:55 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	6 Ese Strawberry Point, IA	REPORTED NEAR EDGEWOOD BY TRAINED SPOTTERS.
May 25, 7:00 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Strawberry Point, IA
May 25, 7:11 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	6 Ese Strawberry Point, IA	HAIL CONTINUES TO FALL IN EDGEWOOD.
May 25, 7:14 PM CDT	HAIL 1	6 Ese Strawberry Point, IA	HAIL UP TO QUARTERS NOW AT EDGEWOOD WITH 50 MPH WINDS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 45 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 25, 2:04 PM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 297 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 
WUUS53 KARX 252329
SVRARX
IAC043-260045-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0016.080525T2329Z-080526T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
629 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 625 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JOY SPRINGS COUNTY PARK...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  EAST OF OELWEIN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  JOY SPRINGS COUNTY PARK AROUND 630 PM...
  SAINT SEBALD AND THOMASVILLE AROUND 635 PM...
  VOLGA AND STRAWBERRY POINT AROUND 640 PM...
  HIGHWAY 13 AND COUNTY C 24 AROUND 645 PM...
  BIXBY STATE PARK AND OSBORNE AROUND 650 PM...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCED WARNING.

LAT...LON 4280 9161 4286 9109 4278 9108 4274 9106
      4269 9094 4268 9089 4265 9089 4264 9090
      4264 9161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 265DEG 24KT 4270 9162

$$

RIECK

5 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KARX 252344
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
644 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

IAC043-260045-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080526T0045Z/
CLAYTON IA-
644 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY...

AT 643 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STRAWBERRY POINT...OR ABOUT 12 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ELKADER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  OSBORNE AND MEDERVILLE AROUND 650 PM...
  BIXBY STATE PARK AND LITTLEPORT AROUND 655 PM...
  MOTOR AND WOOD AROUND 700 PM...
  ELKPORT AROUND 705 PM...
  UPDEGRAFF AND GARBER AROUND 710 PM...

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCED WARNING.

LAT...LON 4280 9161 4286 9109 4278 9108 4274 9106
      4269 9094 4268 9089 4265 9089 4264 9090
      4264 9161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 271DEG 24KT 4270 9148

$$

RIECK

000 
WWUS53 KARX 252353
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
653 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

IAC043-260045-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080526T0045Z/
CLAYTON IA-
653 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY...

AT 652 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BIXBY STATE PARK...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
SOUTH OF ELKADER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOTOR AND WOOD AROUND 700 PM...
  ELKPORT AROUND 705 PM...
  UPDEGRAFF AND GARBER AROUND 710 PM...
  COUNTY ROADS X 47 AND C 7 X AND FAIRVIEW AROUND 715 PM...
  OSTERDOCK AROUND 720 PM...

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCED WARNING.

LAT...LON 4280 9161 4286 9109 4278 9108 4274 9106
      4269 9094 4268 9089 4265 9089 4264 9090
      4264 9161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 271DEG 24KT 4270 9140

$$

RIECK

000 
WWUS53 KARX 260009
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
709 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

IAC043-260045-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080526T0045Z/
CLAYTON IA-
709 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY...

AT 705 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UPDEGRAFF...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF GUTTENBERG...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COUNTY ROADS X 47 AND C 7 X AND FAIRVIEW AROUND 715 PM...
  OSTERDOCK AROUND 720 PM...
  GUTTENBERG AND LOCK AND DAM 10 AROUND 725 PM...
  MILLVILLE AROUND 730 PM...
  TURKEY RIVER AROUND 735 PM...

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCED WARNING.

LAT...LON 4280 9161 4286 9109 4278 9108 4274 9106
      4269 9094 4268 9089 4265 9089 4264 9090
      4264 9161
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 271DEG 24KT 4270 9125

$$

RIECK

000 
WWUS53 KARX 260025
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
725 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

IAC043-260045-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080526T0045Z/
CLAYTON IA-
725 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY...

AT 723 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLVILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTH OF
GUTTENBERG...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MILLVILLE AROUND 730 PM...
  TURKEY RIVER AROUND 735 PM...
  NORTH BUENA VISTA AROUND 740 PM...

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCED WARNING.

LAT...LON 4280 9161 4286 9109 4278 9108 4274 9106
      4269 9094 4268 9089 4265 9089 4264 9090
      4264 9161
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 271DEG 24KT 4270 9110

$$

RIECK

000 
WWUS53 KARX 260044
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
744 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

IAC043-260054-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-080526T0045Z/
CLAYTON IA-
744 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY
EXPIRES AT 745 PM CDT...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

STRONG STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...PERSONS ARE URGED TO
STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 4280 9161 4286 9109 4278 9108 4274 9106
      4269 9094 4268 9089 4265 9089 4264 9090
      4264 9161
TIME...MOT...LOC 0044Z 271DEG 24KT 4270 9093

$$

RIECK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 25, 2:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
220 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

.SHORT TERM...THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT

FORECAST CONCERN REMAINS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON WHAT APPEARS TO BE HIGH
PROBABILITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER EVENT FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING. PLEASE REFERENCE LATEST LOCAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND
SPC DAY ONE OUTLOOK FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

AFTERNOON SURFACE ANALYSIS HAD LOW PRESSURE NEAR NORTH DAKOTA/
MANITOBA BORDER. COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE LOW ACROSS WESTERN MN
TO PROXIMITY OF NEBRASKA/IOWA BORDER. PLUME OF SURFACE DEW POINTS
IN THE 60S TO LOWER 70S CONTINUES FEEDING NORTHWARD AHEAD OF COLD
FRONT. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE INCREASING AHEAD OF THE FRONT
PER LATEST LAPS INFORMATION...WHERE CONVECTION WAS INITIATING OVER
CENTRAL MN INTO NORTHWEST WI.

PER VISIBLE SATELLITE...LOW CLOUDS THINNING/ERODING...THUS
ALLOWING SBCAPE VALUES TO BUILD TO 2000-3000J/KG JUST WEST OF THE
FORECAST AREA. IN ADDITION...HERRING BONE STRUCTURES SEEN IN CLOUD
FIELDS...WHICH WAS INDICATIVE OF STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS. OF SPECIAL
NOTE...TAMDAR SOUNDINGS INDICATED CAP ERODING AS HEATING/MIXING
OCCURS.

IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE...90-100KT 300MB JET MAXIMUM SITUATED OVER
CENTRAL MN...AS VERIFIED BY ACARS. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATED
SEVERAL SHORT WAVES IN SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW...WHICH EXTENDED FROM
CENTRAL ROCKIES TO LAKE SUPERIOR. SHORT WAVE ADVANCING ACROSS SOUTH
DAKOTA APPEARS TO BE THE FEATURE WHICH SHOULD AID IN LARGE ASCENT
FOR CONVECTIVE INITIATION.

25.12Z DETERMINISTIC NCEP AND EUROPEAN MODELS...AS WELL AS
PROBABILISTIC DATA SUITE...WERE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON OVERALL UPPER
LEVEL AND SURFACE FEATURES. AS A RESULT...CONFIDENCE WAS HIGH THAT
FORECAST AREA WILL LIKELY HAVE A SEVERE WEATHER EVENT FROM LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. IN FACT...SREF CALIBRATED
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL MAXIMIZES OVER THE
FORECAST AREA BETWEEN 25.21Z-26.03Z.

LATE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...850MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT INCREASES
INTO THE EVENING AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS EFFECTIVELY
PULLS HIGH THETA-E AIR NORTHWARD...WHICH WAS VERIFIED BY SURFACE DEW
POINT PLUME TRANSITING THE FORECAST AREA. MEANWHILE...APPROACH OF
MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH RIGHT
ENTRANCE REGION OF 300MB JET SHOULD ENHANCE UPWARD VERTICAL MOTIONS.

LATEST RUC FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATED BOUYANCY SHOULD BUILD QUICKLY
AS LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES STEEPEN WITH MIXING AND HEATING OF BOUNDARY
LAYER. IN FACT...RUC INDICATED MUCAPE SHOULD REACH BETWEEN 2000-
3000J/KG THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...CONSISTENT SIGNAL OF LARGE CAPE
THROUGH THE HAIL GROWTH ZONE SUPPORTS POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE HAIL.

SUPERCELLS APPEAR TO BE THE PRIMARY STORM MODE...WITH 0-6KM
SHEAR OF 45-55KTS. TORNADO PARAMETERS WERE IMPRESSIVE TOO...WITH
0-1KM HELICITY VALUES 200-300M2/SEC2 AND 0-1KM EHI OF 3-3.5. THERE
STILL APPEARS TO BE POTENTIAL FOR A STRONG TORNADO...AS SIGNIFICANT
TORNADO PARAMETER VALUES OF 3-4 WERE NOTED. IN FACT...HAVE NOT
SEEN SIGNIFICANT TORNADO PARAMETERS THIS HIGH SINCE AUGUST 18 2005.

LATE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT...FOCUS FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHIFTS
FURTHER EAST AND SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...AS COLD FRONT PUSHING
EASTWARD EXPECTED TO SCOUR OUT HIGHEST INSTABILITY. THIS WAS
CORROBORATED BY SREF CALIBRATED THUNDERSTORM PROBABILITY...ALONG WITH
SREF PROBABILITIES OF MEASURABLE QPF.

MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...LINGERED RAIN CHANCES IN SOUTHERN MOST
SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...BUT THESE
STILL MAY NEED TO BE TRIMMED...SHOULD STRONG DRYING SIGNAL ASSOCIATED
WITH BUILDING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAIN CONSISTENT. OTHERWISE...
DRY WEATHER EXPECTED TO BE THE RULE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF HIGH
PRESSURE AT SURFACE AND ALOFT.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERNS IN THE EXTENDED OUTLOOK WERE ON NEXT RAIN
CHANCES. CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO GROW WITH RESPECT TO RAIN
PROBABILITIES...SINCE DETERMINISTIC GFS AND ECMWF HAVE INDICATED A
CONSISTENT SIGNAL THAT UPPER LEVEL AND SURFACE WAVE SHOULD IMPACT THE
FORECAST AREA BETWEEN THURSDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

IN FACT...ROBUST RETURN OF SOUTHERLY FLOW INTO WARM FRONT FORECAST BY
MODELS COULD POSE A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE IN THE WEEK PER SPC
DAY 4-8 OUTLOOK...ALONG WITH POTENTIAL FOR A WIDESPREAD RAIN EVENT.
AT THIS TIME...NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THIS PORTION OF THE EXTENDED
OUTLOOK...ALTHOUGH RAIN CHANCES MAY WARRANT AN UPWARD TREND SHOULD
FORCING SIGNALS REMAIN CONSISTENT.

&&

.AVIATION...
SCT SHRA/TS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFT/EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
COLD FRONT. MVFR/IFR CEILING AHEAD OF THE FRONT WERE LIFTING/ERODING
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE FRONT APPROACHES AND MIXING OCCURS...PER
RUC BUFKIT SOUNDINGS. GOOD INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE FRONT...ALONG
WITH SOME SPEED/DIRECTIONAL WIND SHEAR...COULD LEAD TO SEVERE
STORMS...WITH HAIL/DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY IN
WHERE/WHEN FOR THE TS...WILL LEAVE AS VICINITY MENTION IN THE TAFS
FOR NOW...AND WILL REFINE AS DEVELOPMENT/TRENDS ALLOW.

THE FRONT LOOKS TO PUSH EAST OF THE KRST/KLSE BETWEEN 06-09Z.
CEILINGS SHOULD SCATTER OUT POST FRONT...BUT SOME THREAT OF WRAP
AROUND CLOUDS AROUND A LOW TO THE NORTH...SINKING SOUTH ACROSS THE
TAF SITES FOR MONDAY. NOT CONFIDENT IN THIS SCENARIO...BUT COLD AIR
AND STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES SHOULD LEAD TO SOME SCT/BKN CU
DEVELOPING FOR MON AFTERNOON REGARDLESS.

&&

.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&

SHORT/LONG TERM....THOMPSON
AVIATION...........RIECK

Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 11:55 AM CDT, 6 hours 34 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1155 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-
041>044-053>055-061-261000-
ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE-
FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-
MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-
WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA-
1155 AM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUES FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING...WITH THE MAIN THREAT TIME CURRENTLY LOOKING TO BE
FROM 3 TO 9 PM. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AND TORNADOES ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE CLOUD COVER WILL GRADUALLY THIN AND LIFT IN PLACES ACROSS THE
REGION...ALLOWING FOR SOME INSTABILITY TO DEVELOP. AS A COLD FRONT
SWEEPS IN FROM THE WEST...IT WILL TAP INTO THIS UNSTABLE AIRMASS...
ALONG WITH VERY FAVORABLE WIND PROFILES...TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS...
SOME OF WHICH WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE.

THE FRONT WILL EXIT EAST AND SOUTH BY LATE THIS EVENING...TAKING THE
THUNDERSTORMS...AND SEVERE THREAT...WITH IT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND
FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ON MONDAY. WITH THE FRONT...DEEPER MOISTURE
AND MORE UNSTABLE AIRMASS SOUTH OF THE AREA...ANY STORMS ON MONDAY
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. ADDITIONAL CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS
SPREADS INTO THE AREA FOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. IT APPEARS
THERE MAY BE A THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS ON FRIDAY...BUT THIS
REMAINS FAR FROM CERTAIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER GROUP ACTIVATION IS PROBABLE FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT TIME LOOKS TO BE BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9
PM.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

RIECK

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
438 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0437 PM     HAIL             MARBLE ROCK             42.96N 92.87W
05/25/2008  E0.50 INCH       FLOYD              IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HALF INCH DIAMETER SIZED HAIL REPORTED.

&&

SHEA

Local storm report, May 25, 4:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
454 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0437 PM     HAIL             MARBLE ROCK             42.96N 92.87W
05/25/2008  E0.75 INCH       FLOYD              IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

SHEA

Local storm report, May 25, 5:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
514 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0501 PM     HAIL             3 W CHARLES CITY        43.07N 92.73W
05/25/2008  E1.00 INCH       FLOYD              IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SHEA

Local storm report, May 25, 5:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
517 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0516 PM     HAIL             NASHUA                  42.95N 92.54W
05/25/2008  E0.88 INCH       CHICKASAW          IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SHEA

Local storm report, May 25, 5:33 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
533 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0532 PM     HAIL             NEW HAMPTON             43.06N 92.31W
05/25/2008  E0.25 INCH       CHICKASAW          IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SHEA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 4:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Floyd	34 min
May 25, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd	29 min
May 25, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Howard, Winneshiek	29 min
May 25, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fayette	42 min
May 25, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Fayette	35 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.