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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 31, 2008Olmsted County, Wabasha County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2008, 8:04 PM CDT for Olmsted County, Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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 31, 2008, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2008, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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
May 31, 8:23 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Oronoco, MN
May 31, 8:35 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	2 N Rochester, MN	NORTH END OF ROCHESTER.

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 31, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 137 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2074 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KARX 010104
SVRARX
MNC109-157-010145-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0040.080601T0104Z-080601T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
804 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 759 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  WEST OF MAZEPPA...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF MANTORVILLE...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 34 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WAZIONJA CAMPGROUND AND GENOA AROUND 815 PM...
  ORONOCO AND RATTELSNAKE POINT AROUND 820 PM...
  KINGS PARK AND HIGHWAY 52 AND COUNTY 14 AROUND 825 PM...
  RINGE AND POTSDAM AROUND 830 PM...
  BROOKSIDE R V PARK AROUND 835 PM...
  ELGIN AROUND 840 PM...

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

STAY OR MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. BESIDES POSSIBLE ROOF OR
CROP DAMAGE...HAIL MAY ALSO DENT VEHICLES OR BREAK WINDSHIELDS IF
LEFT UNPROTECTED.

LAT...LON 4420 9256 4429 9256 4430 9256 4411 9219
      4399 9259 4420 9268
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 313DEG 30KT 4428 9261

$$

BINAU

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KARX 010120
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
821 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

MNC109-157-010145-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080601T0145Z/
WABASHA MN-OLMSTED MN-
821 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN OLMSTED AND SOUTHWESTERN WABASHA COUNTIES...

AT 817 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR WAZIONJA CAMPGROUND...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF ROCHESTER...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 34 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  POTSDAM AROUND 830 PM...
  RINGE AND BROOKSIDE R V PARK AROUND 835 PM...
  ELGIN AROUND 840 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 4420 9256 4429 9256 4430 9256 4411 9219
      4399 9259 4420 9268
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 318DEG 30KT 4417 9252

$$

BINAU

000 
WWUS53 KARX 010127
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
826 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

MNC109-157-010145-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080601T0145Z/
WABASHA MN-OLMSTED MN-
826 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN OLMSTED AND SOUTHWESTERN WABASHA COUNTIES...

AT 825 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KINGS PARK...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF
ROCHESTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 34 MPH.

PENNY SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN ORONOCO AT 823 PM.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  POTSDAM AROUND 830 PM...
  RINGE AND BROOKSIDE R V PARK AROUND 835 PM...
  ELGIN AROUND 840 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 4420 9256 4429 9256 4430 9256 4411 9219
      4399 9259 4420 9268
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 318DEG 30KT 4414 9248

$$

BINAU

000 
WWUS53 KARX 010133
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
832 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

MNC157-010142-
/O.CAN.KARX.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080601T0145Z/
WABASHA MN-
832 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL WABASHA
COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS SHIFTED INTO OLMSTED COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG TO SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM OVER GOODHUE AND PIERCE COUNTIES MAY MOVE BACK INTO 
NORTHERN WABASHA COUNTY AROUND 9 PM.

LAT...LON 4417 9256 4420 9256 4414 9234 4411 9232
      4410 9226 4410 9227 4407 9233 4407 9234
      4401 9253 4414 9259
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 318DEG 30KT 4410 9243

$$

MNC109-010145-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-080601T0145Z/
OLMSTED MN-
832 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL OLMSTED COUNTY...

AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR RINGE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF ROCHESTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 34 MPH.

THIS STORM PRODUCED PENNY SIZED HAIL AT 823 PM IN ORONOCO.

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 4417 9256 4420 9256 4414 9234 4411 9232
      4410 9226 4410 9227 4407 9233 4407 9234
      4401 9253 4414 9259
TIME...MOT...LOC 0132Z 318DEG 30KT 4410 9243

$$

BINAU

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 31, 5:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 5:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
544 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

.UPDATE...

STORMS BEHAVING AS EXPECTED PER AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT AND WATCH 404
SEEMS WELL PLACED WITH THERMODYNAMICS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER FAR LESS FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS.

LAPS SOUNDINGS AHEAD OF MN/IA BORDER CLUSTER OF STORMS SHOWS A
DEEPLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES TO
3KM...AND RATHER DECENT BUOYANCY IN THAT LOWEST 3KM WITH THE MID
50S DEWPOINTS. LOW FREEZING LEVELS /9KFT/ AND MLCAPE TO 1000 J/KG
ARE PLENTY FOR FORMATION OF LARGE HAIL WITH THE STRONGEST
UPDRAFTS. SUPERCELLULAR SHEAR IS LACKING/MARGINAL...30KT IN THE
0-6KM LAYER WITH DEEP WNWLY UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW. HENCE..STORMS
HAVING A HARD TIME MAINTAINING STRUCTURE BUT DO SHOW SOME
STRUCTURE/ORGANIZATION FROM TIME TO TIME...COINCIDENT WITH LARGE
HAIL PRODUCTION. DCAPE /DOWNDRAFT CAPE/ IS NOT HUGE...BUT ENOUGH
TO SUGGEST SOME LOCALIZED GUSTS TO SEVERE LEVELS WHICH HAS BEEN
REPORTED THUS FAR. MUCH LIKE LAST NIGHT...PROBABLY PEAKING IN
COVERAGE/INTENSITY NOW THROUGH 00Z WITH A FEW STRONGER UPDRAFTS
BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM. NEED TO WATCH BONAFIDE SUPERCELL IN TC METRO
AREA NOW...ABOUT 90 MINUTES AWAY FROM WABASHA/BUFFALO COUNTY.

BINAU

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 248 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008/

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT

MAIN FORECAST CONCERN FOCUSES AROUND SEVERE THREAT THIS
EVENING...AND THEN SHRA/TS CHANCES AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON SHOWING ANOTHER MID-LEVEL
SHORTWAVE TROUGH EMBEDDED IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER THE DAKOTAS.
VIS SATELLITE AND RADAR MOSAIC SHOWING CONVECTION FIRING AHEAD OF THE
WAVE ACROSS SD INTO MN. LAPS MUCAPE SHOWING AROUND 1500J/KG ACROSS
WESTERN CENTRAL MN WHERE CONVECTION IS FIRING. IN ADDITION...0-3KM
SHEAR FAIRLY RESPECTABLE AROUND 30KT. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE TO FUEL
AND ORGANIZE CONVECTION AS THE WAVE MOVES SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE AREA.

31.12Z GFS AND NAM SHOWING REASONABLE AGREEMENT THROUGH THE PERIOD.
SOME DIFFERENCES IN QPF PLACEMENT...SO TOOK BLEND OF THE TWO AS FAR
AS POP AND QPF PLACEMENT.

FOR THIS EVENING...MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE DAKOTAS WILL
CONTINUE TO ROTATE SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA. RUC SHOWS EASTERN EDGE
OF MAIN CAPE AXIS COMING INTO SOUTHEAST MN/NORTHEAST IA/PERHAPS FAR
SOUTHWEST WI. IN THE MEANTIME...0-3KM SHEAR OF 35 TO 40KT WILL EXIST
ACROSS THE AREA. SO...STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO FIRE AND MOVE
SOUTHEAST ACROSS MAINLY THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA. WITH AMPLE
SHEAR...ORGANIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...SIMILAR TO FRIDAY NIGHT SEVERE EPISODE.
AND LIKE FRIDAY NIGHT...CAPE/CONVECTION RAPIDLY WANES RAPIDLY AFTER 03Z
TONIGHT AS THE MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH EXITS SOUTHEAST OF THE
AREA.

APPEARS SUNDAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF MONDAY WILL REMAIN DRY AS A
WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY...MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN
BRINGING A FAIRLY VIGOROUS MID-LEVEL TROUGH ACROSS THE PLAINS INTO
THE UPPER MIDWEST. INCREASING LLJ AHEAD OF THE WAVE WITH AMPLE
925-850MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT WILL FUELS CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA.
THIS WILL LIKELY FUEL SOME SORT OF MCS ACTIVITY CLOSE TO THE AREA.
THE EXACT AREA OF WHERE MCS/SEVERE THREAT/HEAVIEST RAIN HOWEVER
REMAINS UNCERTAIN. DUE TO SEVERE WX THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND LOW
CONFIDENCE OF WHERE EXACTLY THE MCS ACTIVITY WILL SET UP...WILL HOLD
OFF ON ISSUING ESF/HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK TODAY...BUT MAY ISSUE ON THE
MIDSHIFT TONIGHT OR DAYSHIFT ON SUNDAY AS MODELS HOPEFULLY CONVERGE
ON A SOLUTION.

LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN LIES AHEAD IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. BOTH THE
31.00Z AND THE 31.06Z ECMWF/GFS RESPECTIVELY IN BETTER AGREEMENT.
ECMWF IS A JUST BIT FASTER WITH PATTERN PROGRESSION THAN THE GFS.
HAVE THEREFORE TOOK A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD APPROACH FOR NOW. BOTH MODELS
TAKE DEEP MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH/SURFACE LOW FROM THE
INTERMOUNTAIN WEST ON WED...INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST BY THURSDAY
NIGHT/FRIDAY TIME FRAME. BROAD AREA OF ISENTROPIC LIFT AND MOISTURE
TRANSPORT AHEAD OF THE WAVE WILL GIVE THE AREA AN INCREASING CHANCE
OF SHRA/TS. STRONG JET ENERGY EJECTING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN
ROCKIES/COUPLED WITH HIGHLY DILUENT FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE AREA
COULD PRODUCE A SEVERE EPISODE FOR THE AREA THU/THU N TIME FRAME.
UPPER FLOW BECOMES HIGH ZONAL THROUGH THE REMINDER OF THE EXTENDED
PERIOD. EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES IN THE FLOW WILL PRODUCE INTERMITTENT
SHRA/TS CHANCES. TIMING OF THESE DISTURBANCES WILL BE DIFFICULT
GIVEN THE FAST FLOW. KEPT SMALL SHRA/TS CHANCES IN GIVEN UNSTABLE
FLOW. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD LOOK RIGHT AROUND
SEASONAL NORMALS.

AVIATION...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY

WITH COLD AIR ALOFT AND DIURNAL HEATING...A 3500 TO 4500 FOOT DECK
OF SCATTERED TO BROKEN DECK OF CUMULUS CLOUDS HAS DEVELOPED FROM
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN
ILLINOIS. A SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH DAKOTA
HAS PROVIDED ENOUGH LIFT FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE ABERDEEN AREA. AS THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THIS
AFTERNOON...WE EXPECT SCATTERED CONVECTION TO FIRE ACROSS OUR AREA.
THERE IS ENOUGH SHEAR IN THE 0-3KM LAYER TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT
OF A FEW PULSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
WOULD BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BETWEEN 31.20Z AND 01.02Z.

3-5SM FOG MAY DEVELOP IN AREAS THAT SEE PRECIPITATION THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. WHAT FOG DOES DEVELOP SHOULD DISSIPATE BY 01.15Z.

WITH AIR MASS REMAINING COLD ALOFT AND AMPLE SUNSHINE TO SUPPLY
DIURNAL HEATING...WE SHOULD ONCE AGAIN SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
INSTABILITY CUMULUS CLOUDS ON SUNDAY.

&&

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

01/01

Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 4:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
412 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-
041>044-053>055-061-011000-
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-
412 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND
MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE EVENING HOURS. THE GREATER
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...IN THE FORM OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS...WILL BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
THROUGH 8 OR 9 PM. THERE IS MUCH LESS RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER EAST
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...ESPECIALLY INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE A
MUCH DRIER AND MORE STABLE AIRMASS EXISTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MUCH OF
NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER...THE TIMING AND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL IS NOT
CLEAR AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WIDESPREAD ACTIVATION IS NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED THROUGH THIS
EVENING...BUT THE SCATTERED NATURE OF THE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
WILL REQUIRE SOME ACTIVATION OF SPOTTER GROUPS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH 8 OR 9 PM.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

BOYNE/BINAU

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 6:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
652 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

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

0650 PM     HAIL             FARMERSBURG             42.96N 91.37W
05/31/2008  E1.25 INCH       CLAYTON            IA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

SHEA

Local storm report, May 31, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
700 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

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

0659 PM     HAIL             3 SW MCGREGOR           42.99N 91.22W
05/31/2008  E0.50 INCH       CLAYTON            IA   PUBLIC

&&

SHEA

Local storm report, May 31, 7:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
703 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

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

0700 PM     HAIL             3 S MCGREGOR            42.98N 91.18W
05/31/2008  E1.00 INCH       CLAYTON            IA   PUBLIC

            TAKING PICTURES OF IT ON THEIR DECK.

&&

SHEA

Local storm report, May 31, 7:04 PM CDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
704 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

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

0703 PM     HAIL             BAGLEY                  42.90N 91.10W
05/31/2008  E1.75 INCH       GRANT              WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SHEA

Local storm report, May 31, 7:31 PM CDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
731 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

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

0727 PM     HAIL             4 S GUTTENBERG          42.73N 91.10W
05/31/2008  E0.75 INCH       CLAYTON            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0720 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     4 S GUTTENBERG          42.73N 91.10W
05/31/2008                   CLAYTON            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0710 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     OSTERDOCK               42.73N 91.16W
05/31/2008                   CLAYTON            IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SHEA

Local storm report, May 31, 7:54 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
754 PM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

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

0752 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 S TENNYSON            42.66N 90.69W
05/31/2008                   GRANT              WI   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

SHEA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Olmsted	46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.