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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 7, 2008Grant County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2008, 2:32 PM CDT for Grant County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 7, 2008, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2008, 3:05 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Grant County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 7, 12:17 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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: 2173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 10.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KARX 071932
SVRARX
WIC043-072015-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0049.080607T1932Z-080607T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
232 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 315 PM CDT

* AT 231 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 NEAR
  BOSCOBEL...OR 19 MILES NORTH OF LANCASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT    
  35 MPH. THIS STORM STILL SHOWED WEAK ROTATION.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HICKORY GROVE AROUND 240 PM...
  BLUE RIVER AROUND 245 PM...
  RED OAK RIDGE AROUND 250 PM...
  MUSCODA AROUND 300 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 4313 9075 4316 9070 4318 9069 4318 9065
      4321 9055 4321 9047 4320 9042 4316 9042
      4307 9042 4305 9073
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 240DEG 22KT 4313 9067

$$

BINAU

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KARX 071945
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
245 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

WIC043-072015-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080607T2015Z/
GRANT WI-
245 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY...

AT 244 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 BLUE RIVER...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHLAND 
CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO SHOW 
SOME WEAK ROTATION. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RED OAK RIDGE AROUND 250 PM...
  MUSCODA AROUND 300 PM...

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

LAT...LON 4313 9075 4316 9070 4318 9069 4318 9065
      4321 9055 4321 9047 4320 9042 4316 9042
      4307 9042 4305 9073
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 240DEG 22KT 4317 9057

$$

BINAU

000 
WWUS53 KARX 072005
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
305 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

WIC043-072015-
/O.CAN.KARX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-080607T2015Z/
GRANT WI-
305 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM.

LAT...LON 4313 9075 4316 9070 4318 9069 4318 9065
      4321 9055 4321 9047 4320 9042 4316 9042
      4307 9042 4305 9073
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 240DEG 22KT 4318 9042

$$

BINAU

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 4:02 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ARX	Adams, Crawford, Grant, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe and 2 more	44 hr
Jun 7, 11:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Monroe	50 min
Jun 7, 12:33 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Juneau, Monroe, Vernon	42 min
Jun 7, 1:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Adams, Juneau	48 min
Jun 7, 1:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Crawford	43 min
Jun 7, 1:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Grant	47 min
Jun 7, 2:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Crawford	26 min
Jun 7, 2:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Richland	41 min
Jun 7, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Richland	30 min
Jun 7, 3:51 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Monroe, Vernon	46 hr
Jun 7, 5:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Juneau, Monroe, Vernon	7 hr
Jun 7, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	La Crosse	23 min
Jun 7, 5:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	La Crosse, Monroe	32 min
Jun 7, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Richland, Vernon	61 min
Jun 7, 6:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Vernon	26 hr
Jun 7, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Vernon	44 min
Jun 7, 6:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Richland, Vernon	67 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.