Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2012, 4:48 AM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 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
- Jun 19, 2012, 4:48 AM CDT (09:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2012, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
County Taylor County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:21 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Stetsonville, WI | A FEW TREES DOWN. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES IN STETSONVILLE. |
| Jun 19, 5:25 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Stetsonville, WI | TREE DOWN ON HOUSE |
| Jun 19, 5:28 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | Medford, WI | CORRECTED FOR TIME AND WIND GUST |
| Jun 19, 5:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 57 | Medford, WI | |
| Jun 19, 5:35 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Medford, WI | GUSTY WINDS AS WELL. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 1546 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
687 WUUS53 KARX 190948 SVRARX WIC119-191030- /O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0060.120619T0948Z-120619T1030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 448 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 530 AM CDT * AT 444 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR POLLEY...OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LADYSMITH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LUBLIN AND HANNIBAL AROUND 455 AM... THE MILLER DAM FLOWAGE AROUND 500 AM... KATHRYN LAKE AND PERKINSTOWN AROUND 505 AM... HIGHWAY 64 AND COUNTY D D AROUND 510 AM... ESADORE LAKE AND COUNTY ROADS A AND E AROUND 520 AM... MEDFORD AND NORTH TWIN LAKE AROUND 525 AM... CHELSEA AND WESTBORO AROUND 530 AM... 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 4539 9019 4503 9019 4503 9094 4527 9093 TIME...MOT...LOC 0948Z 258DEG 31KT 4514 9083 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ MW
3 follow-up statements
518 WWUS53 KARX 190959 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 459 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012 WIC119-191030- /O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-120619T1030Z/ TAYLOR WI- 459 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TAYLOR COUNTY UNTIL 530 AM CDT... AT 458 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR POLLEY...OR 22 MILES WEST OF MEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... THE MILLER DAM FLOWAGE AROUND 510 AM... PERKINSTOWN AROUND 515 AM... HIGHWAY 64 AND COUNTY D D AND KATHRYN LAKE AROUND 520 AM... MEDFORD AND CHELSEA AROUND 530 AM... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. && LAT...LON 4539 9019 4503 9019 4503 9094 4527 9093 TIME...MOT...LOC 0959Z 261DEG 23KT 4514 9078 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ MW
240 WWUS53 KARX 191023 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 523 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012 WIC119-191030- /O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-120619T1030Z/ TAYLOR WI- 523 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY UNTIL 530 AM CDT... AT 521 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE ROUGHLY OVER MEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... MEDFORD AND CHELSEA AROUND 530 AM... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. && LAT...LON 4504 9019 4503 9064 4527 9060 4539 9019 TIME...MOT...LOC 1024Z 269DEG 31KT 4515 9048 4507 9041 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ MW
079 WWUS53 KARX 191031 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 531 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012 WIC119-191041- /O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0060.000000T0000Z-120619T1030Z/ TAYLOR WI- 531 AM CDT TUE JUN 19 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THE LINE OF STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...THE LINE OF STORMS REMAINS STRONG AND COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS...IN ADDITION TO LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4504 9019 4503 9064 4527 9060 4539 9019 TIME...MOT...LOC 1023Z 269DEG 31KT 4515 9049 4507 9042 $$ MW
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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.