Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 15, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2008, 2:19 PM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 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, 2:19 PM CDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Richland County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KARX 071920
TORARX
WIC103-072000-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0015.080607T1919Z-080607T2000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
219 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 217 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR WESTPORT...OR 16
MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED A TORNADO AND FUNNEL CLOUDS IN NORTHERN
GRANT COUNTY.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EAGLE CAVE AND EAGLE CORNERS AROUND 225 PM...
COUNTY ROADS E AND Q AND BOAZ AROUND 230 PM...
COUNTY ROADS Z Z AND Q AND COUNTY ROADS O AND O O AROUND 235 PM...
RICHLAND CENTER AND SEXTONVILLE AROUND 240 PM...
HIGHWAYS 80 AND 56 AND BUCK CREEK AROUND 245 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 4323 9018 4321 9047 4321 9055 4319 9060
4318 9066 4326 9067 4353 9023 4355 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1919Z 229DEG 35KT 4323 9063
$$
BINAU4 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KARX 071926
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
226 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
WIC103-072000-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080607T2000Z/
RICHLAND WI-
226 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR RICHLAND
COUNTY...
AT 222 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED
NEAR WESTPORT...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHLAND CENTER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EAGLE CORNERS AROUND 230 PM...
BASSWOOD AND COUNTY ROADS E AND Q AROUND 235 PM...
HIGHWAY 80 AND COUNTY Y AROUND 240 PM...
COUNTY ROADS O AND O O AND COUNTY ROADS Z Z AND Q AROUND 245 PM...
RICHLAND CENTER AND SEXTONVILLE AROUND 250 PM...
PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4323 9018 4321 9047 4321 9055 4319 9060
4318 9066 4326 9067 4353 9023 4355 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1926Z 239DEG 28KT 4322 9057
$$
BINAU000
WWUS53 KARX 071935
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
235 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
WIC103-072000-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080607T2000Z/
RICHLAND WI-
235 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR RICHLAND
COUNTY...
AT 231 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE ROTATION. THIS ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR EAGLE CAVE...OR
ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 32
MPH. THE ROTATION HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY IN THE LAST 10
MINUTES...BUT THIS IS STILL A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHWAY 80 AND COUNTY Y AND COUNTY ROADS Z Z AND Q AROUND 240 PM...
COUNTY ROADS O AND O O AROUND 245 PM...
RICHLAND CENTER AND SEXTONVILLE AROUND 250 PM...
ITHACA AND HIGHWAY 58 AND COUNTY B AROUND 255 PM...
NEPTUNE AND KEYESVILLE AROUND 300 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 4323 9018 4321 9047 4321 9055 4319 9060
4318 9066 4326 9067 4353 9023 4355 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 239DEG 28KT 4325 9048
$$
BINAU000
WWUS53 KARX 071944
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
243 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
WIC103-072000-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080607T2000Z/
RICHLAND WI-
243 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR RICHLAND
COUNTY...
AT 240 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EAGLE CORNERS...OR
ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 39 MPH. THE
PREVIOUS CIRCULATION HEADING TOWARD RICHLAND CENTER HAS WEAKENED
CONSIDERABLY...BUT NEW ROTATION NEAR EAGLE CORNERS COULD POSE A
TORNADO THREAT.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TWIN BLUFFS AND SEXTONVILLE AROUND 250 PM...
HIGHWAY 130 AND COUNT B AND HIGHWAY 58 AND COUNTY B AROUND 255
PM...
BEAR VALLEY AND KEYESVILLE AROUND 300 PM...
PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4323 9018 4321 9047 4321 9055 4319 9060
4318 9066 4326 9067 4353 9023 4355 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 248DEG 34KT 4322 9038
$$
BINAU000
WWUS53 KARX 071949
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
249 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
WIC103-072000-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-080607T2000Z/
RICHLAND WI-
249 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN
RICHLAND COUNTY...
AT 244 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE ROTATION OVER SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY. THIS ROTATION WAS
LOCATED NEAR COUNTY ROADS O AND O O...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF
RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHWAY 130 AND COUNT B AND HIGHWAY 58 AND COUNTY B AROUND 255
PM...
BEAR VALLEY AND KEYESVILLE AROUND 300 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 4321 9043 4324 9043 4326 9041 4328 9036
4336 9020 4323 9018 4323 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 247DEG 33KT 4324 9032
$$
BINAUThe 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, 2:32 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 |
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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.