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Tornado Warning 25, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2009, 4:26 PM CDT for Allamakee County, Iowa. It was in force for 49 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
- Aug 19, 2009, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2009, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Allamakee County, IA
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 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 192126
TORARX
IAC005-192215-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0025.090819T2126Z-090819T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
426 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN ALLAMAKEE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 422 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS INDICATED A
TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LUDLOW...OR 6 MILES EAST OF DECORAH...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF A TORNADO.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
COUNTY ROADS A 52 AND W 60 AND COUNTY ROADS X 16 AND W 48 AROUND
430 PM...
WAUKON AND HANOVER AROUND 440 PM...
QUANDAHL AROUND 445 PM...
DORCHESTER AROUND 455 PM...
ANOTHER STORM WITH A TORNADO HISTORY WILL MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST
ALLAMAKEE COUNTY AFTER 440 PM. THIS STORM WILL ENTER THE COUNTY
SOUTH OF FRANKSVILLE AND TRACK TOWARD MAUD. THIS STORM PRODUCED A
TORNADO NEAR WEST UNION IN THE LAST HOUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
&&
LAT...LON 4346 9162 4350 9161 4350 9135 4309 9136
4308 9161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 231DEG 21KT 4331 9167
$$
BAUMGARDT1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KARX 192153
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
453 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009
IAC005-192215-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-090819T2215Z/
ALLAMAKEE IA-
453 PM CDT WED AUG 19 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR WESTERN
ALLAMAKEE COUNTY...
AT 446 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A STORM THAT COULD PRODUCE A TORNADO AT ANY TIME...LOCATED
NEAR STATE ROAD 51 AND COUNTY W 48...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WAUKON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LUDLOW AND COUNTY ROADS X 16 AND B 38 AROUND 505 PM...
WAUKON AND STATE ROAD 76 AND COUNTY X 16 AROUND 515 PM...
FROM DOPPLER RADAR...IT APPEARS THE TORNADO POTENTIAL HAS DIMINISHED
SOMEWHAT WITH A SECOND STORM LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF HANOVER. THIS
STORM ENTERED THE COUNTY NORTH OF GLENWOOD CHURCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT THURSDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.
&&
LAT...LON 4346 9162 4350 9161 4350 9135 4309 9136
4308 9161
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 234DEG 11KT 4315 9159
$$
BAUMGARDTThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 3:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fayette | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 3:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 62 min |
| Aug 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fayette | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 5:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Allamakee | 47 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.