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Tornado Warning 24, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2008, 5:22 PM CDT for Mitchell County, Iowa. It was in force for 38 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, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Mitchell County, IA
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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1341 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 357 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KARX 072222
TORARX
IAC131-072300-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0024.080607T2222Z-080607T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
522 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 519 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A DEVELOPING TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF
COUNTY ROADS A 39 AND S 70...OR 13 MILES WEST OF OSAGE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. ROTATING WALL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH
THIS STORM.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ST. ANSGAR AND TOETERVILLE AROUND 530 PM...
HIGHWAY 218 AND COUNTY T 40 AND HIGHWAY 18 AND COUNTY T 38 AROUND
535 PM...
STACYVILLE AND LITTLE CEDAR AROUND 540 PM...
MEYER AND COUNTY ROADS T 54 AND A 31 AROUND 545 PM...
BAILEY AND MCINTIRE AROUND 550 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 4346 9302 4350 9282 4350 9256 4330 9256
4329 9257 4328 9302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 244DEG 39KT 4336 9302
$$
BINAU1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KARX 072239
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
539 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
IAC131-072300-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-080607T2300Z/
MITCHELL IA-
539 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR
MITCHELL COUNTY...
AT 537 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE STRONG ROTATION. THIS ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR
STACYVILLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF OSAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MEYER AND COUNTY ROADS T 54 AND A 31 AROUND 545 PM...
BAILEY AND MCINTIRE AROUND 550 PM...
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE THE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.
CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A
LAST RESORT...LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4348 9293 4350 9282 4350 9256 4336 9257
4333 9256 4336 9286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 244DEG 39KT 4343 9279
$$
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 | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 44 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clayton | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Chickasaw | 26 min |
| Jun 7, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Howard | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 30 min |
| Jun 7, 6:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Howard | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard | 54 min |
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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.