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Tornado Warning 11, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 29, 2013Richland County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2013, 6:46 PM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 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 29, 2013, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2013, 7:15 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Richland County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 29, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -179 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

718 
WFUS53 KARX 292346
TORARX
WIC103-300015-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0011.130529T2346Z-130530T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
646 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 642 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MUSCODA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

  IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
           OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
           EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
  RICHLAND COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SEXTONVILLE...
  HIGHWAY 58 AND COUNTY B...HIGHWAY 130 AND COUNT B...KEYESVILLE AND
  BEAR VALLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4316 9021 4319 9026 4319 9029 4320 9030
      4321 9033 4320 9042 4321 9054 4322 9056
      4337 9019 4316 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 234DEG 42KT 4324 9039

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

SCHMIDT

2 follow-up statements

958 
WWUS53 KARX 300003
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
703 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

WIC103-300015-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130530T0015Z/
RICHLAND WI-
703 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND
COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 701 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF RICHLAND CENTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

HAZARD...DEVELOPING TORNADO.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.

IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
         SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL
         OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS.
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 4316 9021 4319 9026 4319 9029 4320 9030
      4320 9031 4322 9031 4326 9033 4330 9035
      4337 9019 4316 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 224DEG 32KT 4332 9020

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

SCHMIDT

331 
WWUS53 KARX 300009
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
709 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

WIC103-300018-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-130530T0015Z/
RICHLAND WI-
709 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 715 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4316 9021 4319 9026 4319 9029 4320 9030
      4320 9031 4322 9031 4326 9033 4330 9035
      4337 9019 4316 9018
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 224DEG 32KT 4335 9016

$$

SCHMIDT

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 11:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ARX	Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe and 3 more	32 hr
May 29, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	43 min
May 29, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Jackson, La Crosse, Trempealeau	52 min
May 29, 4:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	La Crosse	7 hr
May 29, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark	65 min
May 29, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Crawford, Vernon	45 min
May 29, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Crawford, Grant, Richland	51 min
May 29, 5:42 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	La Crosse, Vernon	7 hr
May 29, 6:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ARX	Crawford, Grant	22 min
May 29, 6:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Grant	30 min
May 29, 6:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Grant	6 hr
May 29, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Monroe, Richland, Vernon	40 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.