Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2011, 12:55 PM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 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 30, 2011, 12:55 PM CDT (17:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2011, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Taylor County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 1:54 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Medford, WI | TENT BLOWN OVER AT TAYLOR COUNTY FAIR |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 652 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
785
WUUS53 KARX 301755
SVRARX
WIC119-301900-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0083.110730T1755Z-110730T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1255 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 200 PM CDT
* AT 1250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF JUMP RIVER TO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JUMP RIVER TO 15
MILES EAST OF BLOOMER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN
PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WESTBORO AROUND 115 PM...
CHELSEA AROUND 120 PM...
RIB LAKE AROUND 125 PM...
MEDFORD AROUND 130 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4538 9004 4513 9004 4511 9010 4512 9018
4509 9020 4519 9090 4521 9094 4534 9093
4538 9086 4539 9032 4539 9005
TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 284DEG 39KT 4544 9056 4523 9093
4517 9115
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
DAS2 follow-up statements
788
WWUS53 KARX 301815
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
115 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011
WIC119-301900-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-110730T1900Z/
TAYLOR WI-
115 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR COUNTY
UNTIL 200 PM CDT...
AT 109 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WESTBORO TO 13
MILES SOUTH OF JUMP RIVER TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF THORP...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
RIB LAKE AND CHELSEA AROUND 120 PM...
MEDFORD AROUND 130 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SATURDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
&&
LAT...LON 4538 9004 4513 9004 4511 9010 4512 9018
4509 9020 4519 9090 4521 9094 4534 9093
4538 9086 4539 9032 4539 9005
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 284DEG 39KT 4537 9026 4517 9063
4511 9086
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
DAS173
WWUS53 KARX 301844
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
144 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011
WIC119-301900-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0083.000000T0000Z-110730T1900Z/
TAYLOR WI-
144 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR COUNTY
UNTIL 200 PM CDT...
AT 142 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RIB LAKE TO
MEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE PENNY
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SATURDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
&&
LAT...LON 4538 9004 4513 9004 4511 9010 4512 9018
4509 9020 4519 9090 4521 9094 4534 9093
4538 9086 4539 9032 4539 9005
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 284DEG 39KT 4536 9003 4518 9024
4511 9031
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 0.75IN
$$
SCHMIDTThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 68 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.