Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2008, 9:10 PM CDT for Clark County, Jackson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 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
- May 25, 2008, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2008, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clark County, WI, Jackson County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Merrillan, WI | |
| May 25, 9:17 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 S Merrillan, WI | |
| May 25, 9:21 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Hatfield, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -294 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1307 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KARX 260209 SVRARX WIC019-053-260245- /O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0021.080526T0210Z-080526T0245Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 910 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN... NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 945 PM CDT * AT 909 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MERRILLAN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTH OF BLACK RIVER FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 58 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BLACK RIVER FALLS AND HUMBIRD AROUND 910 PM... HATFIELD AND SAND PILLOW AROUND 915 PM... THE BLACK RIVER CORRECTIONAL CENTER AND LAKE WAZEE AROUND 920 PM... SHORTVILLE AND SEVENTEEN FLOWAGE AROUND 925 PM... BALLARD ROAD AND PRAY AVENUE AND POTTERS FLOWAGE AROUND 930 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 4431 9102 4456 9101 4455 9030 4427 9031 TIME...MOT...LOC 0210Z 276DEG 51KT 4446 9086 $$ RIECK
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KARX 260224 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 924 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 WIC019-053-260245- /O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080526T0245Z/ CLARK WI-JACKSON WI- 924 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTIES... AT 920 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST FORK CAMPGROUND...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLACK RIVER FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BALLARD ROAD AND PRAY AVENUE AND POTTERS FLOWAGE AROUND 930 PM... SHERWOOD AND NEVINS AROUND 935 PM... CITY POINT AROUND 940 PM... REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. LAT...LON 4431 9102 4456 9101 4455 9030 4427 9031 TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 281DEG 52KT 4439 9061 $$ RIECK
000 WWUS53 KARX 260235 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 935 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 WIC019-053-260245- /O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080526T0245Z/ CLARK WI-JACKSON WI- 935 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTIES... AT 932 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR POTTERS FLOWAGE...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF NEILLSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CITY POINT AROUND 940 PM... REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. LAT...LON 4431 9102 4456 9101 4455 9030 4427 9031 TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 285DEG 55KT 4432 9040 $$ RIECK
000 WWUS53 KARX 260244 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 944 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 WIC019-053-260254- /O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080526T0245Z/ CLARK WI-JACKSON WI- 944 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN JACKSON AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 945 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. LAT...LON 4431 9102 4456 9101 4455 9030 4427 9031 TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 285DEG 55KT 4428 9021 $$ RIECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 82 min |
| May 25, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 68 min |
| May 25, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 22 min |
| May 25, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008
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.