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Tornado Warning 7, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2008, 6:10 PM CDT for Fayette County, Iowa. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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
- May 25, 2008, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2008, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Fayette County, IA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:10 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 7 Sse Arlington, IA | CRACKED A WINDOW IN THE HOUSE |
| May 25, 6:44 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 E Stanley, IA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 843 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 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 252310 TORARX IAC065-252345- /O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0007.080525T2310Z-080525T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 610 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA... * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 607 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR OELWEIN...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS TORNADO WARNING UPGRADES THE PREVIOUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FAYETTE COUNTY. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... COUNTY ROADS 3 AND W 13 AND OELWEIN AROUND 610 PM... COUNTY ROADS 3 AND W 33 AROUND 615 PM... COUNTY ROAD W 33 AND 187 AND COUNTY ROADS 3 AND W 45 AROUND 620 PM... COUNTY ROAD W 45 AND 187 AND HIGHWAYS 3 AND 187 AROUND 625 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 900 PM SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4263 9204 4268 9206 4281 9161 4264 9162 TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 250DEG 42KT 4263 9190 $$ RIECK
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KARX 252319 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 619 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 IAC065-252345- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080525T2345Z/ FAYETTE IA- 619 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY... AT 615 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR OELWEIN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... COUNTY ROADS 3 AND W 33 AROUND 630 PM... COUNTY ROADS 3 AND W 45 AROUND 635 PM... COUNTY ROAD W 45 AND 187 AROUND 640 PM... ARLINGTON AND HIGHWAYS 3 AND 187 AROUND 645 PM... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4263 9204 4268 9206 4281 9161 4264 9162 TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 251DEG 24KT 4266 9188 $$ RIECK
000 WWUS53 KARX 252334 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 634 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 IAC065-252345- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080525T2345Z/ FAYETTE IA- 634 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY... AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COUNTY ROADS 3 AND W 33...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OELWEIN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... COUNTY ROAD W 45 AND 187 AND COUNTY ROADS 3 AND W 45 AROUND 640 PM... ARLINGTON AND HIGHWAYS 3 AND 187 AROUND 645 PM... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4263 9204 4268 9206 4281 9161 4264 9162 TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 272DEG 22KT 4261 9177 $$ RIECK
000 WWUS53 KARX 252343 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 643 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 IAC065-252353- /O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080525T2345Z/ FAYETTE IA- 643 PM CDT SUN MAY 25 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 645 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THIS WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. STRONG STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. THEREFORE...PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAT...LON 4263 9204 4268 9206 4281 9161 4264 9162 TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 272DEG 22KT 4261 9170 $$ RIECK
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Floyd | 34 min |
| May 25, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd | 29 min |
| May 25, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard, Winneshiek | 29 min |
| May 25, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fayette | 42 min |
| May 25, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clayton | 76 min |
Nearby
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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.