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Tornado Warning 23, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2013, 4:38 PM CDT for Grant County, Wisconsin. 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
- Jun 12, 2013, 4:38 PM CDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2013, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Grant County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 1812 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
593
WFUS53 KARX 122138
TORARX
WIC043-122215-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0023.130612T2138Z-130612T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
438 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 515 PM CDT
* AT 434 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BOSCOBEL...AND MOVING EAST
AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS
WILL BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
GRANT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CASTLE ROCK AND
RED OAK RIDGE.
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 4304 9073 4317 9067 4316 9042 4297 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2138Z 271DEG 17KT 4309 9061
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
AJ2 follow-up statements
693
WWUS53 KARX 122157
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
457 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
WIC043-122215-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130612T2215Z/
GRANT WI-
457 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY
UNTIL 515 PM CDT...
AT 452 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF HIGHLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. FLYING DEBRIS WILL
BE DEADLY TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RED OAK RIDGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4304 9073 4317 9067 4316 9042 4297 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 271DEG 17KT 4309 9049
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
AJ609 WWUS53 KARX 122214 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 514 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013 WIC043-122224- /O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130612T2215Z/ GRANT WI- 514 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT... THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 530 PM. ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING...AND A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. LAT...LON 4304 9073 4317 9067 4316 9042 4297 9043 TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 271DEG 17KT 4309 9038 $$ AJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant | 65 min |
| Jun 12, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant | 25 min |
| Jun 12, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant, Richland | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 5:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 3 hr |
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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.