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Tornado Warning 13, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 7, 2008Grant County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2008, 1:43 PM CDT for Grant County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 min. 8 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, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2008, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Grant County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 1:52 PM CDTTORNADO2 S Wauzeka, WIBRIEF EF0 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON DNR LAND IN THE NORTHERN PART OF GRANT COUNTY SOUTH OF WAUZEKA. THERE WERE ALSO NUMEROUS FUNNELS REPORTED FROM THIS SUPERCELL TORNADO TOUCHDOWN THROUGH BOSCOBEL AND MUSCODA ALONG THE WISCONSIN RIVER AS THE STORM TRACKED NORTHEAST
Jun 7, 1:52 PM CDTTORNADO2 S Wauzeka, WIBRIEF EF0 TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON DNR LAND IN THE NORTHERN PART OF GRANT COUNTY SOUTH OF WAUZEKA. THERE WERE ALSO NUMEROUS FUNNELS REPORTED FROM THIS SUPERCELL TORNADO TOUCHDOWN THROUGH BOSCOBEL AND MUSCODA ALONG THE WISCONSIN RIVER AS THE STORM TRACKED NORTHEAST
Jun 7, 2:05 PM CDTTORNADO10 Ese Boscobel, WITORNADO ON GROUND NEAR WOODMAN
Jun 7, 2:05 PM CDTTORNADO10 Ese Boscobel, WITORNADO ON GROUND NEAR WOODMAN
Jun 7, 2:10 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDBoscobel, WI
Jun 7, 2:10 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDBoscobel, WI
Jun 7, 2:15 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 50Boscobel, WI
Jun 7, 2:15 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 50Boscobel, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 12:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2008-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2173 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2008-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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 
WFUS53 KARX 071844
TORARX
WIC043-071930-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0013.080607T1843Z-080607T1930Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 141 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR MILLVILLE...OR 9
  MILES EAST OF PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...MOVING EAST AT 39 MPH. A LOWERING 
  WALL CLOUD HAD BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM...AND DOPPER RADAR    
  CONTINUES TO INDICATE STRONG ROTATION JUST NORTH OF THE WISCONSIN  
  RIVER. WITH TIME...THIS TORNADIC CIRCULATION WILL MOVE INTO        
  EXTREME NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WOODMAN AND COUNTY ROADS K AND T AROUND 155 PM...
  BOSCOBEL AND HIGHWAY 61 AND COUNTY T AROUND 205 PM...
  HICKORY GROVE AROUND 210 PM...
  BLUE RIVER AND CASTLE ROCK AROUND 215 PM...
  RED OAK RIDGE AROUND 220 PM...
  MUSCODA AROUND 225 PM...

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

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

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

LAT...LON 4301 9103 4306 9095 4308 9085 4310 9079
      4318 9067 4318 9065 4321 9055 4321 9047
      4320 9042 4305 9042 4300 9102
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 251DEG 34KT 4307 9095

$$

BINAU
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KARX 071857
SVSARX

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

WIC043-071930-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080607T1930Z/
GRANT WI-
156 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
GRANT COUNTY...

AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODMAN...OR ABOUT 
14 MILES EAST OF PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. A STRONG 
POTENTIALLY TORNADIC CIRCULATION WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG THE 
WISCONSIN RIVER INTO EXTREME NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  COUNTY ROADS K AND T AROUND 200 PM...
  WOODMAN AROUND 205 PM...
  BOSCOBEL AROUND 215 PM...
  HICKORY GROVE AROUND 225 PM...
  MUSCODA AND BLUE RIVER AROUND 230 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 4306 9095 4310 9079 4318 9067 4319 9060
      4321 9055 4320 9050 4320 9043 4319 9042
      4305 9042 4303 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 256DEG 23KT 4307 9085

$$

BINAU
000 
WWUS53 KARX 071909
SVSARX

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

WIC043-071930-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080607T1930Z/
GRANT WI-
209 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
GRANT COUNTY...

AT 208 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE 
GROUND NEAR WOODMAN. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODMAN...OR 
ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF LANCASTER...MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH. TAKE 
COVER NOW IN NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HICKORY GROVE AROUND 225 PM...
  MUSCODA AND BLUE RIVER AROUND 230 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 4306 9095 4310 9079 4318 9067 4319 9060
      4321 9055 4320 9050 4320 9043 4319 9042
      4305 9042 4303 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 256DEG 23KT 4310 9074

$$

BINAU
000 
WWUS53 KARX 071917
SVSARX

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

WIC043-071930-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080607T1930Z/
GRANT WI-
216 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY...

AT 210 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 
NEAR BOSCOBEL AT 210 PM. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BOSCOBEL...OR 
ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 26 MPH 
ALONG THE WISCONSIN RIVER. TAKE SHELTER NOW THIS STORM PRODUCED A 
CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR WOODMEN AT 205 PM.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HICKORY GROVE AROUND 220 PM...
  BLUE RIVER AROUND 225 PM...
  MUSCODA AROUND 230 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 4313 9073 4318 9067 4318 9065 4319 9060
      4321 9055 4320 9048 4319 9048 4319 9042
      4311 9043 4306 9070
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 256DEG 23KT 4316 9066

$$

BINAU

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 4:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchARXAdams, Crawford, Grant, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe and 2 more44 hr
Jun 7, 11:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe50 min
Jun 7, 12:33 PM CDTTornado WarningARXJuneau, Monroe, Vernon42 min
Jun 7, 1:12 PM CDTTornado WarningARXAdams, Juneau48 min
Jun 7, 1:17 PM CDTTornado WarningARXCrawford43 min
Jun 7, 2:04 PM CDTTornado WarningARXCrawford26 min
Jun 7, 2:19 PM CDTTornado WarningARXRichland41 min
Jun 7, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant33 min
Jun 7, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland30 min
Jun 7, 3:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXMonroe, Vernon46 hr
Jun 7, 5:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXJuneau, Monroe, Vernon7 hr
Jun 7, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXLa Crosse23 min
Jun 7, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningARXLa Crosse, Monroe32 min
Jun 7, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningARXRichland, Vernon61 min
Jun 7, 6:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXVernon26 hr
Jun 7, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXVernon44 min
Jun 7, 6:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXRichland, Vernon67 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.