Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2012, 8:24 PM CDT for Jackson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 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
- May 26, 2012, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 8:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Jackson County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
009
WUUS53 KARX 270124
SVRARX
WIC053-270200-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0047.120527T0124Z-120527T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
824 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR POTTERS FLOWAGE...OR 18 MILES EAST
OF BLACK RIVER FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM CAN
PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CITY POINT AROUND 835 PM...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE
AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4416 9032 4416 9070 4435 9073 4442 9054
4442 9043 4443 9042 4443 9034 4442 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 243DEG 33KT 4431 9042
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
ZT3 follow-up statements
242
WWUS53 KARX 270139
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
839 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
WIC053-270200-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120527T0200Z/
JACKSON WI-
839 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
AT 834 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR CITY POINT...OR 21 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF NEILLSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE
QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4416 9032 4416 9058 4439 9060 4442 9054
4442 9043 4443 9042 4443 9033 4442 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 0139Z 246DEG 38KT 4433 9030
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
ZT019
WWUS53 KARX 270150
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
850 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
WIC053-270200-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120527T0200Z/
JACKSON WI-
850 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
JACKSON COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
AT 848 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR CITY POINT...OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST
OF TOMAH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE
HAIL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4416 9032 4421 9042 4428 9047 4432 9044
4436 9034 4438 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 259DEG 25KT 4427 9030
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
ZT730
WWUS53 KARX 270155
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
855 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
WIC053-270204-
/O.CAN.KARX.SV.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120527T0200Z/
JACKSON WI-
855 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JACKSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4416 9032 4421 9042 4428 9047 4432 9044
4436 9034 4438 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 259DEG 25KT 4427 9026
$$
ZTThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams | 23 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.