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Tornado Warning 11, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 7, 2008Adams County, Juneau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2008, 1:12 PM CDT for Adams County, Juneau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 48 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: Jun 7, 2008, 1:12 PM CDT (18:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2008, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Adams County, WI, Juneau County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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 7, 1:16 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 0	10 S Adams, WI	60 MPH WIND GUST AT HIGHWAY 82 AND 13. ONE HALF INCH HAIL ALSO REPORTED.
Jun 7, 1:43 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 0	15 Se Mauston, WI	60 MPH WINDS AT THE INTERSTION OF HIGHWAY 13 AND COUNTY Q.
Jun 7, 1:43 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	15 Se Mauston, WI	60 MPH WIND AT INTERSECTION OF HIGH 13 AND COUNTY Q
Jun 7, 1:54 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	5 W Big Spring, WI	LARGE TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 23

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
Jun 7, 12:17 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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: 1417 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 231 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS53 KARX 071812
TORARX
WIC001-057-071900-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0011.080607T1812Z-080607T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
112 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHEASTERN JUNEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT

* AT 110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 3 MILES NORTH OF BASS HOLLOW REC AREA...OR 5 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF MAUSTON...MOVING EAST AT 39 MPH. THIS WARNING         
  EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING FOR JUNEAU AND ADAMS          
  COUNTIES. SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 
  MPH HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH THIS DANGEROUS STORM. A TORNADO HAS    
  NOT YET BEEN REPORTED...BUT IS LIKELY AT ANY MOMENT.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  YOUKON TRAILS CAMPGROUND AND I 90 94 EXIT 78 AROUND 120 PM...
  PLAINVILLE AND BASS LAKE CAMPGROUND AROUND 125 PM...
  HOLIDAY SHORES CAMPGROUND AND RIVER BAY CAMPGROUND AROUND 130 PM...
  COUNTY ROADS B AND K AND COUNTY ROADS B AND P AROUND 135 PM...
  K AND L CAMPGROUND AND BIG SPRING AROUND 140 PM...

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A
LAST RESORT...LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4364 8960 4364 9018 4379 9011 4385 8959
      4364 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 275DEG 34KT 4373 9001

$$

BINAU

6 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KARX 071820
SVSARX

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

WIC001-057-071900-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080607T1900Z/
JUNEAU WI-ADAMS WI-
119 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ADAMS AND SOUTHEASTERN JUNEAU COUNTIES...

AT 115 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LYNDON STATION...OR
ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAUSTON...MOVING EAST AT 39 MPH. DAMAGE 
TO A HOME AND AUTOMOBILE HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR KENDALLVILLE WITH 
THIS STORM. A TORNADO HAS NOT YET BEEN SIGHTED BY SPOTTERS...BUT 
RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE STRONG ROTATION.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PLAINVILLE AND BASS LAKE CAMPGROUND AROUND 125 PM...
  HOLIDAY SHORES CAMPGROUND AND RIVER BAY CAMPGROUND AROUND 130 PM...
  COUNTY ROADS B AND K AND COUNTY ROADS B AND P AROUND 135 PM...
  BIG SPRING AND K AND L CAMPGROUND AROUND 140 PM...

CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A
LAST RESORT...LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

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 4364 8960 4364 9018 4379 9011 4385 8959
      4364 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 275DEG 34KT 4372 8992

$$

BINAU

000 
WWUS53 KARX 071828
SVSARX

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

WIC001-057-071900-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080607T1900Z/
JUNEAU WI-ADAMS WI-
127 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ADAMS AND SOUTHEASTERN JUNEAU COUNTIES...

AT 127 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR YOUKON TRAILS CAMPGROUND...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
WISCONSIN DELLS...MOVING EAST AT 39 MPH. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS 
REPORTED TO A HOME IN KENDALLVILLE...AND THE STRONGEST ROTATION WILL 
AFFECT AREAS FROM PLAINVILLE TO BIG SPRING. 

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COUNTY ROADS B AND K AND COUNTY ROADS B AND P AROUND 135 PM...
  K AND L CAMPGROUND AND COONS DEEP LAKE CAMPGROUND AROUND 140 PM...
  BIG SPRING AND HIGHWAY 23 AND COUNTY G AROUND 145 PM...

CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A
LAST RESORT...LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.

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 4364 8960 4364 9018 4379 9011 4385 8959
      4364 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 1827Z 275DEG 34KT 4372 8984

$$

BINAU

000 
WWUS53 KARX 071839
SVSARX

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

WIC001-057-071900-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080607T1900Z/
JUNEAU WI-ADAMS WI-
139 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
ADAMS AND SOUTHEASTERN JUNEAU COUNTIES...

AT 137 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR COUNTY ROADS B AND K...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF WISCONSIN 
DELLS...MOVING EAST AT 38 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE 
AND SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. A TORNADO HAS YET TO BE 
SIGHTED...BUT MAY BE IMMINENT

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BIG SPRING AND HIGHWAY 23 AND COUNTY G AROUND 145 PM...

PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4364 8960 4364 9018 4379 9011 4385 8959
      4364 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 274DEG 33KT 4371 8971

$$

BINAU

000 
WWUS53 KARX 071847
SVSARX

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

WIC001-057-071900-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080607T1900Z/
JUNEAU WI-ADAMS WI-
147 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN JUNEAU COUNTIES...

AT 141 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 
NEAR HIGHWAY 23 AND COUNTY B...OR NORTH OF THE WISCONSIN DELLS...MOVING 
EAST AT 38 MPH.

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 4364 8959 4365 8985 4379 8990 4385 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 273DEG 33KT 4366 8967

$$

BINAU

000 
WWUS53 KARX 071854
SVSARX

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

WIC001-057-071900-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080607T1900Z/
JUNEAU WI-ADAMS WI-
154 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN JUNEAU COUNTIES...

AT 154 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR K AND L CAMPGROUND...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WISCONSIN
DELLS...MOVING EAST AT 38 MPH.

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 4364 8959 4365 8985 4379 8990 4385 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 273DEG 33KT 4371 8957

$$

BINAU

000 
WWUS53 KARX 071902
SVSARX

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

WIC001-057-071912-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-080607T1900Z/
JUNEAU WI-ADAMS WI-
202 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ADAMS AND EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN JUNEAU COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 200 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THIS WARNING REMAINS SEVERE BUT WILL LIKELY
MOVE OUT OF THE WARNED AREA SHORTLY. THIS WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE ON TIME.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

LAT...LON 4364 8959 4365 8985 4379 8990 4385 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 273DEG 33KT 4370 8957

$$

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, 1:17 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, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Grant	33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.