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Tornado Warning 28, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2008, 9:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 45 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 10, 2008, 9:09 PM CDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2008, 9:54 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chickasaw County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 1606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 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 110209 TORARX IAC037-067-089-131-110315- /O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0028.080611T0209Z-080611T0315Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 909 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA... SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA... NORTHWESTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA... SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA... * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 907 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR HOWARDVILLE...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OSAGE...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... COLWELL AND COUNTY ROADS 17 AND T 72 AROUND 915 PM... COUNTY B 17 AND BELL AVENUE AROUND 920 PM... DEERFIELD AND COUNTY ROADS B 33 AND T 76 AROUND 925 PM... ELMA AND COUNTY ROADS B 28 AND V 18 AROUND 930 PM... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4330 9242 4309 9242 4309 9278 4328 9279 TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 279DEG 29KT 4320 9267 $$ RABERDING
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KARX 110224 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 924 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 IAC037-067-089-131-110315- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080611T0315Z/ MITCHELL IA-HOWARD IA-FLOYD IA-CHICKASAW IA- 924 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHICKASAW...NORTHEASTERN FLOYD...SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD AND SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES... AT 919 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COLWELL...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF CHARLES CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LAW ENFORECEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... DEERFIELD AND COUNTY ROADS B 33 AND T 76 AROUND 930 PM... LYLAHS MARSH COUNTY PARK AROUND 935 PM... ELMA AND COUNTY ROADS B 28 AND V 18 AROUND 940 PM... LAT...LON 4330 9242 4309 9242 4309 9278 4328 9279 TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 277DEG 21KT 4319 9256 $$ RABERDING
000 WWUS53 KARX 110233 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 933 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 IAC037-067-089-131-110315- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080611T0315Z/ MITCHELL IA-HOWARD IA-FLOYD IA-CHICKASAW IA- 933 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHICKASAW...NORTHEASTERN FLOYD...SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD AND SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES... AT 932 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DEERFIELD...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHARLES CITY...MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ELMA AROUND 940 PM... COUNTY ROADS B 28 AND V 18 AROUND 945 PM... LAT...LON 4330 9242 4309 9242 4309 9278 4328 9279 TIME...MOT...LOC 0233Z 277DEG 18KT 4319 9251 $$ RABERDING
000 WWUS53 KARX 110241 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 941 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 IAC067-131-110251- /O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080611T0315Z/ MITCHELL IA-FLOYD IA- 941 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FLOYD AND SOUTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... LAT...LON 4330 9242 4309 9242 4309 9256 4329 9256 TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 277DEG 18KT 4318 9246 $$ IAC037-089-110315- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080611T0315Z/ HOWARD IA-CHICKASAW IA- 941 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR NORTHWESTERN CHICKASAW AND SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTIES... AT 940 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DEERFIELD...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW HAMPTON...MOVING EAST AT 21 MPH. LAT...LON 4330 9242 4309 9242 4309 9256 4329 9256 TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 277DEG 18KT 4318 9246 $$ RABERDING
000 WWUS53 KARX 110254 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 954 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 IAC037-089-110304- /O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080611T0315Z/ HOWARD IA-CHICKASAW IA- 954 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CHICKASAW AND SOUTHWESTERN HOWARD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4330 9242 4309 9242 4309 9256 4329 9256 TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 277DEG 18KT 4317 9237 $$ RABERDING
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 59 min |
| Jun 10, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Howard | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard, Mitchell | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 10:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 4 days |
| Jun 11, 12:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Clayton | 5 days |
| Jun 11, 12:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Clayton | 8 days |
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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.