Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 27, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2008, 7:16 PM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 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, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2008, 7:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Richland County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 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
- 2793 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 16.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KARX 080016
TORARX
WIC103-080100-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0027.080608T0016Z-080608T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
716 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAYS 58 AND 154...OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHLAND
CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHWAY 58 AND COUNTY K AROUND 720 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 4333 9019 4333 9043 4350 9043 4351 9019
4337 9019 4336 9018 4334 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 262DEG 35KT 4340 9027
$$
RABERDING2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KARX 080023
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
723 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
WIC103-080100-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-080608T0100Z/
RICHLAND WI-
723 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY...
AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LOYD...OR ABOUT 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LAT...LON 4333 9019 4333 9039 4351 9039 4350 9030
4351 9030 4351 9019 4337 9019 4336 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 262DEG 35KT 4341 9018
$$
RABERDING000
WWUS53 KARX 080046
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
747 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
IAC131-080057-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0056.000000T0000Z-080608T0045Z/
MITCHELL IA-
747 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MITCHELL COUNTY EXPIRES AT
745 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
STRONG STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...PERSONS ARE URGED TO
STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 4349 9256 4344 9256 4343 9256 4342 9256
4326 9256 4325 9279 4344 9281
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 255DEG 44KT 4329 9261
$$
BINAUThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 7:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Richland | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 5 days |
| Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Vernon | 5 days |
| Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Vernon | 7 days |
| Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 10 days |
| Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 10 days |
| Jun 8, 12:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Juneau, Monroe, Richland, Vernon | 8 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Richland, Vernon | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Adams, Crawford, Juneau, Monroe, Richland, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Adams, Crawford, Grant, Juneau, Monroe, Richland and 1 more | 34 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.