Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 4, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2008, 4:10 PM CDT for Monroe County, Vernon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 23 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
- May 2, 2008, 4:10 PM CDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2008, 4:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Monroe County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 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 022110 TORARX WIC081-123-022200- /O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0004.080502T2110Z-080502T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 410 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN... SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 407 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR BLOOMINGDALE...OR ABOUT NEAR VIROQUA...MOVING NORTH AT 24 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... WESTBY AND BLOOMINGDALE AROUND 415 PM... JERSEY VALLEY COUNTY PARK AROUND 420 PM... NEWRY AROUND 425 PM... CASHTON AROUND 430 PM... PORTLAND AROUND 435 PM... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. LAT...LON 4385 9091 4386 9074 4361 9078 4361 9086 TIME...MOT...LOC 2110Z 178DEG 21KT 4363 9082 $$ BINAU
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KARX 022122 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 420 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 WIC081-123-022200- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080502T2200Z/ MONROE WI-VERNON WI- 420 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL VERNON AND SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTIES... AT 416 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE ROTATION ASSOCIATED WITH A THUNDERSTORM. THIS ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR JERSEY VALLEY COUNTY PARK...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF VIROQUA...MOVING NORTH AT 24 MPH. THE ROTATION HAD WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY IN THE PAST 10 MINUTES...BUT THIS IS STILL A DANGEROUS STORM CAPABLE OF A TORNADO. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... NEWRY AROUND 425 PM... CASHTON AND PORTLAND AROUND 430 PM... PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4385 9091 4386 9074 4361 9078 4361 9086 TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 178DEG 21KT 4370 9082 $$ BINAU
000
WWUS53 KARX 022129
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
428 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
WIC123-022138-
/O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080502T2200Z/
VERNON WI-
428 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL VERNON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
ROTATION WITH THE THUNDERSTORM WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AND MOVED OUT
OF THE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4373 9080 4373 9088 4375 9089 4384 9091
4385 9090 4385 9087 4386 9080
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 178DEG 21KT 4375 9082
$$
WIC081-022200-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080502T2200Z/
MONROE WI-
428 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY...
AT 425 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SOME ROTATION. THIS ROTATION WAS LOCATED NEAR PORTLAND...OR
ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF VIROQUA...MOVING NORTH AT 24 MPH. THIS STORM
CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...BUT ROTATION CONTINUES TO BE INDICATED.
* THE POSSIBLE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHWAY 33 AND COUNTY Y AROUND 435 PM...
PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICE
AND TELL THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4373 9080 4373 9088 4375 9089 4384 9091
4385 9090 4385 9087 4386 9080
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 178DEG 21KT 4375 9082
$$
BINAU000
WWUS53 KARX 022133
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
432 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
WIC081-022142-
/O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080502T2200Z/
MONROE WI-
432 PM CDT FRI MAY 2 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO LONGER
APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. ROTATION WEAKENED
RAPIDLY AS IT MOVED INTO MONROE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 10 PM.
LAT...LON 4373 9080 4373 9088 4375 9089 4384 9091
4385 9090 4385 9087 4386 9080
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 178DEG 21KT 4377 9082
$$
BINAUThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 41 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.