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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2013, 3:53 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Mower County, Minnesota; Mitchell County, Iowa. It was in force for 37 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 19, 2013, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2013, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Mitchell County, IA, Fillmore County, MN, Mower County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 19, 1:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 278 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
- 905 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
252
WUUS53 KARX 192053
SVRARX
IAC131-MNC045-099-192130-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0013.130519T2053Z-130519T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
353 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...
NORTHWESTERN FILLMORE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
EASTERN MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 349 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF
STACYVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...VEHICLES AND CROPS.
EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SPRING VALLEY AND GRAND MEADOW AROUND 410 PM CDT
RACINE AROUND 420 CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LAKE LOUISE STATE
PARK...OSTRANDER...RACINE...HAMILTON...WASHINGTON AND COUNTY ROADS 2
AND 38.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4383 9258 4383 9245 4385 9244 4385 9226
4354 9247 4350 9251 4350 9255 4345 9255
4335 9263 4341 9279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 213DEG 44KT 4350 9262
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ZT1 follow-up statement
781
WWUS53 KARX 192117
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
417 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
IAC131-MNC045-099-192130-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-130519T2130Z/
MITCHELL IA-FILLMORE MN-MOWER MN-
417 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
MOWER...NORTHWESTERN FILLMORE AND NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL COUNTIES
UNTIL 430 PM CDT...
AT 413 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRING
VALLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
MOWER...NORTHEASTERN MITCHELL AND NORTHWESTERN FILLMORE COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS COUNTY ROADS 2 AND 38.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. TORNADOES CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT
IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE
TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT
OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4383 9258 4383 9245 4385 9244 4385 9226
4354 9247 4350 9251 4350 9255 4345 9255
4335 9263 4341 9279
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 213DEG 44KT 4376 9239
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
RIECKThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha | 35 hr |
| May 19, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha | 61 min |
| May 19, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 46 min |
| May 19, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 25 min |
| May 19, 4:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 6 hr |
| May 19, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Winona | 46 min |
| May 19, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha, Winona | 59 min |
| May 19, 5:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 6 hr |
| May 19, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 39 min |
| May 19, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 64 min |
| May 19, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 64 min |
| May 19, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 42 min |
| May 19, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 47 min |
| May 19, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 39 min |
| May 19, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Howard | 44 min |
| May 19, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.