Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 19, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 2009, 5:59 PM CDT for Grant County, Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 27, 2009, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2009, 6:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Grant County, WI, Richland County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Muscoda, WI | POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN THROUGH TOWN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KARX 272259
TORARX
WIC043-103-280000-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0019.090727T2259Z-090728T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
559 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...
SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 700 PM CDT
* AT 558 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR EXCELSIOR...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHLAND
CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EAGLE CORNERS AROUND 620 PM...
MUSCODA AROUND 630 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
&&
LAT...LON 4317 9020 4317 9021 4320 9026 4320 9029
4321 9031 4320 9042 4306 9043 4318 9066
4334 9066 4332 9019 4318 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 287DEG 17KT 4323 9063
$$
BOYNE5 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KARX 272307
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
607 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009
WIC043-103-280000-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090728T0000Z/
RICHLAND WI-GRANT WI-
607 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GRANT AND SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTIES...
AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR PORT ANDREW...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
EAGLE CORNERS AROUND 620 PM...
MUSCODA AROUND 630 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
&&
LAT...LON 4317 9020 4317 9021 4320 9026 4320 9029
4321 9031 4320 9042 4306 9043 4318 9066
4334 9066 4332 9019 4318 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 287DEG 17KT 4322 9060
$$
BOYNE000
WWUS53 KARX 272313 RRA
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
613 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009
WIC043-103-280000-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090728T0000Z/
RICHLAND WI-GRANT WI-
613 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GRANT AND SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTIES...
AT 611 PM CDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY RADAR JUST EAST OF PORT
ANDREW...OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MUSCODA AROUND 630 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
&&
LAT...LON 4317 9020 4317 9021 4320 9026 4320 9029
4321 9031 4320 9042 4306 9043 4318 9066
4334 9066 4332 9019 4318 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 287DEG 17KT 4321 9055
$$
BOYNE000
WWUS53 KARX 272324
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
624 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009
WIC043-103-280000-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090728T0000Z/
RICHLAND WI-GRANT WI-
624 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GRANT AND SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTIES...
AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MUSCODA...OR
11 MILES SOUTH OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LONE ROCK AROUND 650 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
&&
LAT...LON 4317 9020 4317 9021 4320 9026 4320 9029
4321 9031 4320 9042 4306 9043 4318 9066
4334 9066 4332 9019 4318 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 285DEG 23KT 4319 9043
$$
BOYNE000
WWUS53 KARX 272331
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
631 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009
WIC043-103-280000-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090728T0000Z/
RICHLAND WI-GRANT WI-
631 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GRANT AND SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTIES...
AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF
MUSCODA...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
&&
LAT...LON 4317 9020 4317 9021 4320 9026 4320 9029
4321 9031 4320 9042 4306 9043 4318 9066
4334 9066 4332 9019 4318 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2331Z 289DEG 22KT 4317 9043
$$
BOYNE000
WWUS53 KARX 272341
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
641 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009
WIC043-103-272350-
/O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-090728T0000Z/
RICHLAND WI-GRANT WI-
641 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT AND SOUTHERN RICHLAND
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4317 9020 4317 9021 4320 9026 4320 9029
4321 9031 4320 9042 4306 9043 4318 9066
4334 9066 4332 9019 4318 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 289DEG 22KT 4315 9036
$$
BOYNEThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Jackson | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, Trempealeau | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, Juneau | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Juneau, Monroe, Vernon | 61 min |
| Jul 27, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford, Richland | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Crawford, Richland | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Richland | 54 min |
| Jul 27, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Richland | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant | 24 min |
| Jul 27, 6:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Richland | 106 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.