Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 25, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2008, 5:43 PM CDT for La Crosse County, Monroe County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 min. 3 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, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2008, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 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, 5:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 E Barre Mills, WI | TORNADO ON THE GROUND WITH DEBRIS |
| Jun 7, 5:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 E Barre Mills, WI | TORNADO ON THE GROUND WITH DEBRIS |
| Jun 7, 5:45 PM CDT | TORNADO | 3 E Barre Mills, WI | NWS EMPLOYEE SURVEYED DAMAGE AROUND AND EAST OF BARRE MILLS. SOME WIND DAMAGE NEAR BARRE MILLS BUT BRIEF TORNADO TRACK EAST OF THERE WITH DAMAGE TO TREES AND ROOFS OF HOMES. PRELIM. RATING IS EF1. TIME IS APPROX. |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KARX 072243
TORARX
WIC063-081-072315-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0025.080607T2243Z-080607T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
543 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN LA CROSSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
MONROE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR I 90 EXIT 15...OR 11 MILES WEST OF SPARTA...MOVING
EAST AT 37 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ROCKLAND AND HIGHWAY 162 AND COUNTY T AROUND 550 PM...
I 90 EXIT 25 AND LEON AROUND 555 PM...
SPARTA AND CATARACT AROUND 600 PM...
I 90 EXIT 28 AND COUNTY ROADS I AND I I AROUND 605 PM...
FORT MC COY AND NORWALK AROUND 610 PM...
TOMAH AND JACKSON PASS AROUND 615 PM...
TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SATURDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4381 9114 4407 9110 4407 9098 4409 9097
4413 9031 4381 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 261DEG 32KT 4391 9099
$$
RABERDING3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KARX 072253
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
552 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
WIC063-081-072315-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080607T2315Z/
MONROE WI-LA CROSSE WI-
552 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR EASTERN
LA CROSSE AND MONROE COUNTIES...
AT 550 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES
EAST OF BARRE MILLS...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SPARTA AND CATARACT AROUND 600 PM...
COUNTY ROADS I AND I I AROUND 605 PM...
FORT MC COY AND JACKSON PASS AROUND 610 PM...
TOMAH AND TUNNEL CITY AROUND 615 PM...
LAT...LON 4381 9114 4407 9110 4407 9098 4408 9097
4413 9031 4381 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 261DEG 32KT 4392 9088
$$
RABERDING000
WWUS53 KARX 072301
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
601 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
WIC063-072311-
/O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080607T2315Z/
LA CROSSE WI-
601 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN LA CROSSE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
LAT...LON 4381 9091 4407 9092 4408 9097 4413 9031
4381 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 261DEG 32KT 4389 9070
$$
WIC081-072315-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080607T2315Z/
MONROE WI-
601 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR MONROE
COUNTY...
AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FARMERS VALLEY...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SPARTA...MOVING EAST AT 37 MPH. NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND BRIEF TOUCHDOWNS HAVE BEEN REPORTED
WITH THIS STORM.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NORWALK AROUND 605 PM...
RIDGEVILLE AND JACKSON PASS AROUND 610 PM...
TOMAH AND HIGHWAY 131 AND COUNTY A AROUND 615 PM...
LAT...LON 4381 9091 4407 9092 4408 9097 4413 9031
4381 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 261DEG 32KT 4389 9070
$$
RABERDING000
WWUS53 KARX 072311
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
611 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
WIC081-072321-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-080607T2315Z/
MONROE WI-
611 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 615 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
LAT...LON 4381 9091 4407 9092 4408 9097 4413 9031
4381 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2311Z 261DEG 32KT 4390 9058
$$
RABERDINGThe 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, 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, 5:59 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.