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Tornado Warning 17, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at May 22, 2011, 4:16 PM CDT for Houston County, Minnesota; La Crosse County, Vernon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 min. 5 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 22, 2011, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Houston County, MN, La Crosse County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 4:16 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hokah, MN | 1 FOOT DIAMETER PINE TREE SNAPPED. WIND ESTIMATED 60 MPH. |
| May 22, 4:21 PM CDT | TORNADO | 2 S La Crescent, MN | POSSIBLE BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. SEVERAL TREES SNAPPED OFF AND BRANCHES THROWN. 80 YARDS WIDE DAMAGE JUST NORTH OF ROOT RIVER ON HWY 26. REPORTED BY OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE. |
| May 22, 4:22 PM CDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 7 S La Crosse, WI | FC REPORT ON TARGET LAKE. SOUTHERN LA CROSSE COUNTY. |
| May 22, 4:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Barre Mills, WI | SOME TOPS OF TREES WERE BROKEN OFF ALONG COUNTY ROAD M. |
| May 22, 4:37 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 E Barre Mills, WI | A FEW TREES BLOWN DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD II |
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 22, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
107
WFUS53 KARX 222116
TORARX
MNC055-WIC063-123-222145-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0017.110522T2116Z-110522T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
416 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...
SOUTHERN LA CROSSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 445 PM CDT
* AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR HOKAH...OR 5 MILES SOUTH OF LA CRESCENT...MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
IRISH HILL AND MOUNT LA CROSSE AROUND 425 PM...
HIGHWAY 33 AND COUNTY O A AND BARRE MILLS AROUND 430 PM...
COON VALLEY AND ST JOSEPH AROUND 435 PM...
MIDDLE RIDGE AROUND 440 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEASTERN IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.
&&
LAT...LON 4368 9092 4368 9121 4365 9150 4375 9155
4388 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 256DEG 41KT 4376 9130
$$
BOYNE6 follow-up statements
002
WWUS53 KARX 222119
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
419 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
MNC055-WIC063-123-222145-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110522T2145Z/
HOUSTON MN-LA CROSSE WI-VERNON WI-
419 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN VERNON...
SOUTHERN LA CROSSE AND EAST CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM
CDT...
AT 415 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS IN HOKAH
MINNESOTA WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
AT 415 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO LOCATED NEAR HOKAH...OR NEAR LA CRESCENT...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
IRISH HILL AND THE TOP OF 10 MILE HILL AROUND 425 PM...
HIGHWAY 33 AND COUNTY O A AND BARRE MILLS AROUND 430 PM...
COON VALLEY AND ST JOSEPH AROUND 435 PM...
MIDDLE RIDGE AROUND 440 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED
FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND
COVER YOUR HEAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4368 9092 4368 9121 4366 9142 4378 9142
4388 9092 4387 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 256DEG 41KT 4377 9125
$$
BOYNE960
WWUS53 KARX 222122
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
422 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
MNC055-WIC063-123-222145-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110522T2145Z/
HOUSTON MN-LA CROSSE WI-VERNON WI-
422 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN VERNON...
SOUTHERN LA CROSSE AND EAST CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM
CDT...
AT 415 PM CDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS IN HOKAH
MINNESOTA WITH A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
AT 420 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO LOCATED NEAR GOOSE ISLAND...OR NEAR LA CRESCENT...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MOUNT LA CROSSE AROUND 425 PM...
IRISH HILL AROUND 430 PM...
HIGHWAY 33 AND COUNTY O A AND THE TOP OF 10 MILE HILL AROUND
435 PM...
COON VALLEY AND ST JOSEPH AROUND 440 PM...
MIDDLE RIDGE AND COUNTY ROADS G AND H AROUND 445 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 4368 9092 4368 9121 4366 9142 4378 9142
4388 9092 4387 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 261DEG 32KT 4377 9125
$$
BOYNE152
WWUS53 KARX 222126
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
426 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
MNC055-WIC063-123-222145-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110522T2145Z/
HOUSTON MN-LA CROSSE WI-VERNON WI-
426 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN VERNON...
SOUTHERN LA CROSSE AND EAST CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM
CDT...
AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO LOCATED NEAR GOOSE ISLAND...OR NEAR LA CROSSE...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHWAY 33 AND COUNTY O A AND THE TOP OF 10 MILE HILL AROUND 435
PM...
COON VALLEY AND ST JOSEPH AROUND 440 PM...
MIDDLE RIDGE AND COUNTY ROADS G AND H AROUND 445 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! CARS AND MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED
FOR A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...LAY FLAT IN A DITCH AND
COVER YOUR HEAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4368 9092 4368 9121 4366 9142 4378 9142
4388 9092 4387 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 261DEG 35KT 4377 9122
$$
BOYNE951
WWUS53 KARX 222131
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
431 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
MNC055-WIC063-123-222145-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110522T2145Z/
HOUSTON MN-LA CROSSE WI-VERNON WI-
431 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN VERNON...
SOUTHERN LA CROSSE AND EAST CENTRAL HOUSTON COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM
CDT...
AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO LOCATED NEAR IRISH HILL...OR NEAR LA CROSSE...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HIGHWAY 14 61 AND COUNTY N AROUND 435 PM...
COON VALLEY AND ST JOSEPH AROUND 440 PM...
MIDDLE RIDGE AND NEWBURG CORNERS AROUND 445 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 4368 9092 4368 9121 4366 9142 4378 9142
4388 9092 4387 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 261DEG 35KT 4379 9117
$$
BOYNE239
WWUS53 KARX 222134
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
434 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
MNC055-WIC123-222143-
/O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110522T2145Z/
HOUSTON MN-VERNON WI-
434 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN VERNON AND EAST CENTRAL
HOUSTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO SOUTHERN LA
CROSSE COUNTY.
LAT...LON 4377 9092 4373 9092 4373 9125 4377 9125
4379 9126 4381 9126 4388 9092 4387 9091
4377 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 261DEG 35KT 4380 9114
$$
WIC063-222145-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110522T2145Z/
LA CROSSE WI-
434 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN LA CROSSE COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM CDT...
AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO LOCATED NEAR IRISH HILL...OR NEAR LA CROSSE...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
THE COULEE EXPERIMENTAL FOREST AND ST JOSEPH AROUND 440 PM...
MIDDLE RIDGE AND NEWBURG CORNERS AROUND 445 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 4377 9092 4373 9092 4373 9125 4377 9125
4379 9126 4381 9126 4388 9092 4387 9091
4377 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 261DEG 35KT 4380 9114
$$
BOYNE404
WWUS53 KARX 222144
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
444 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
WIC063-222152-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110522T2145Z/
LA CROSSE WI-
444 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LA CROSSE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
445 PM CDT...
AT 445 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IS NO LONGER
INDICATING A TORNADO IN LA CROSSE COUNTY...SO THE TORNADO WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
EVEN THOUGH THIS WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM FOR EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHEASTERN WINONA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...
LA CROSSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND WESTERN MONROE
COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
LAT...LON 4377 9092 4373 9092 4373 9125 4377 9125
4379 9126 4381 9126 4388 9092 4387 9091
4377 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 261DEG 35KT 4381 9102
$$
BOYNEThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 57 min |
| May 22, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 57 min |
| May 22, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted, Wabasha | 45 min |
| May 22, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 62 min |
| May 22, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Winona | 37 min |
| May 22, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 24 min |
| May 22, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 29 min |
| May 22, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston, Winona | 66 min |
| May 22, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Juneau, Monroe | 44 min |
| May 22, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 27 min |
| May 22, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant | 56 min |
| May 22, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Monroe | 34 min |
| May 22, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Taylor | 26 min |
| May 22, 5:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | La Crosse | 95 min |
| May 22, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe | 25 min |
| May 22, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 38 min |
| May 22, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Juneau, Monroe | 32 min |
| May 22, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, Juneau | 30 min |
| May 22, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland | 49 min |
| May 22, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Juneau | 19 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.