Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 9, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 2010, 4:43 PM CDT for Clark County, Jackson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 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
- Jul 14, 2010, 4:43 PM CDT (21:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2010, 5:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Clark County, WI, Jackson County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 4:46 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Humbird, WI | SEVERAL TREES DOWN. WINDS ESTIMATED AT 60-70 MPH. |
| Jul 14, 4:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Bruce Mound, WI | TREES DOWN AT HIGHWAY 95 |
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 14, 11:43 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 1516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
898 WFUS53 KARX 142143 TORARX WIC019-053-142230- /O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0009.100714T2143Z-100714T2230Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 443 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN... NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 530 PM CDT * AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO NEAR MERRILLAN...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF BLACK RIVER FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING FOR CLARK AND JACKSON COUNTIES. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... HATFIELD AND EAST FORK CAMPGROUND AROUND 450 PM... SHORTVILLE AROUND 505 PM... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4438 9031 4441 9093 4455 9094 4456 9030 TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 270DEG 32KT 4448 9081 $$ BOYNE
4 follow-up statements
730 WWUS53 KARX 142151 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 451 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 WIC053-142200- /O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100714T2230Z/ JACKSON WI- 451 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4443 9079 4454 9080 4456 9030 4442 9031 TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 270DEG 32KT 4448 9071 $$ WIC019-142230- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100714T2230Z/ CLARK WI- 451 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BRUCE MOUND...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEILLSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SHORTVILLE AROUND 505 PM... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4443 9079 4454 9080 4456 9030 4442 9031 TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 270DEG 32KT 4448 9071 $$ BOYNE
287 WWUS53 KARX 142205 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 505 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 WIC019-142230- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100714T2230Z/ CLARK WI- 505 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 504 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR BALLARD ROAD AND PRAY AVENUE...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEILLSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... SHERWOOD AROUND 515 PM... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. && LAT...LON 4443 9079 4454 9080 4456 9030 4442 9031 TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 272DEG 39KT 4444 9049 $$ BOYNE
331 WWUS53 KARX 142213 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 513 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 WIC019-142230- /O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100714T2230Z/ CLARK WI- 513 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM CDT... AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR SHERWOOD...OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEILLSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4448 9045 4450 9031 4442 9031 4442 9047 TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 272DEG 39KT 4444 9037 $$ BOYNE
758 WWUS53 KARX 142220 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 520 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 WIC019-142230- /O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-100714T2230Z/ CLARK WI- 520 PM CDT WED JUL 14 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT THIS EVENING. LAT...LON 4448 9045 4450 9031 4442 9031 4442 9047 TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 272DEG 39KT 4443 9026 $$ BOYNE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:07 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | ARX | Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe and 3 more | 16 hr |
| Jul 14, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Taylor | 92 min |
| Jul 14, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark | 62 min |
| Jul 14, 3:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Taylor | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 49 min |
| Jul 14, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Jackson, Taylor | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Trempealeau | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clark, Jackson | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Jackson | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Monroe | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau, Monroe | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, Trempealeau | 13 min |
| Jul 14, 6:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Adams, Jackson, Juneau, Monroe | 2 hr |
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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.