Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2012, 5:26 PM CDT for Clark County, Jackson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 49 min. 4 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 24, 2012, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2012, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Clark County, WI, Jackson County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:28 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 24, 5:28 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ene Franklin, WI | TREE DOWN ON ROAD AT COUNTY C AND HAMMOND ROAD. REPORT RECEIVED BY SHERIFF. |
| May 24, 5:46 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | 5 N Black River Falls, WI | REPORTED BY THE WEATHER CHANNEL TORNADO HUNT CREW |
| May 24, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 S Lynn, WI | TREE DOWN AT W366 STARR ROAD. APPROXIMATE TIME VIA RADAR. SHERIFF REPORT RECEIVED FROM PUBLIC AT 743P. |
| May 24, 6:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ne Hatfield, WI | TREE DOWN ACROSS RIVIERA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 2072 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
197
WUUS53 KARX 242226
SVRARX
WIC019-053-242315-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0041.120524T2226Z-120524T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
526 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 615 PM CDT
* AT 524 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WHITEHALL
TO FRANKLIN TO NORTH BEND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. THESE
STORMS CAN PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
BLACK RIVER FALLS AND MILLSTON AROUND 545 PM...
HATFIELD AROUND 555 PM...
NEILLSVILLE AND SHORTVILLE AROUND 610 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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE THE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES...AND CAN DO SO QUICKLY.
MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4432 9031 4415 9071 4416 9091 4414 9096
4412 9097 4407 9098 4407 9115 4450 9116
4461 9099 4460 9093 4465 9092 4467 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 219DEG 48KT 4448 9124 4429 9107
4414 9114
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
DTJ2 follow-up statements
595
WWUS53 KARX 242254
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
554 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012
WIC019-053-242315-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120524T2315Z/
CLARK WI-JACKSON WI-
554 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JACKSON AND
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...
AT 552 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WERE ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HUMBIRD TO
HATFIELD TO BLACK RIVER FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. THESE
STORMS CAN PRODUCE NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
NEILLSVILLE AROUND 600 PM...
SHORTVILLE AROUND 605 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE THE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES...AND CAN DO SO QUICKLY.
MOVE INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR
BUSINESS.
&&
LAT...LON 4432 9031 4415 9071 4416 9091 4414 9096
4412 9097 4407 9098 4407 9115 4450 9116
4461 9099 4460 9093 4465 9092 4467 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 239DEG 50KT 4463 9081 4451 9068
4435 9071
WIND...HAIL 60MPH <.50IN
$$
DTJ232
WWUS53 KARX 242309
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
609 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012
WIC019-053-242319-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-120524T2315Z/
CLARK WI-JACKSON WI-
609 PM CDT THU MAY 24 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JACKSON AND SOUTHERN CLARK
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM CDT...
THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...THE LINE OF STORMS REMAINS STRONG AND COULD
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...IN ADDITION TO LIGHTNING AND
HEAVY RAIN.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR
ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THAT MAY PRODUCE
TORNADOES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4432 9031 4415 9071 4416 9091 4414 9096
4412 9097 4407 9098 4407 9115 4450 9116
4461 9099 4460 9093 4465 9092 4467 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 239DEG 50KT 4473 9055 4461 9042
4445 9046
$$
04The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:11 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Adams, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson, Juneau and 6 more | 16 hr |
| May 24, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 33 min |
| May 24, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau | 29 min |
| May 24, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, La Crosse, Trempealeau | 35 min |
| May 24, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Taylor | 29 min |
| May 24, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 39 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.