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Tornado Warning 9, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 29, 2013Crawford County, Grant County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at May 29, 2013, 6:08 PM CDT for Crawford County, Grant County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 22 min. 2 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: May 29, 2013, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2013, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 29, 6:10 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Mount Hope, WI
May 29, 6:35 PM CDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Sw Muscoda, WI

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

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.

583 
WFUS53 KARX 292308
TORARX
WIC023-043-292330-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0009.130529T2308Z-130529T2330Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...
  NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 630 PM CDT

* AT 604 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF
  BLOOMINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.

  SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR JELLYSTONE        
           CAMPGROUND NEAR BAGLEY AT 557 PM CDT. 

  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.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BOSCOBEL AROUND 625 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WAUZEKA...MOUNT IDA...COUNTY
ROADS K AND T...WERLEY...HARRIS RIDGE...BOYDTOWN...WOODMAN...HIGHWAY
61 AND COUNTY T...MAPLE RIDGE AND EASTER ROCK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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 4287 9097 4301 9111 4325 9067 4317 9066
      4318 9061 4320 9058 4321 9054 4320 9042
      4311 9042
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 236DEG 41KT 4300 9091

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

SCHMIDT

1 follow-up statement

132 
WWUS53 KARX 292325
SVSARX

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

WIC023-043-292330-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130529T2330Z/
CRAWFORD WI-GRANT WI-
625 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN GRANT AND EAST
CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM CDT...

AT 623 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF BOSCOBEL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
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 EAST CENTRAL
CRAWFORD AND NORTHERN GRANT COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS HICKORY GROVE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4309 9097 4325 9067 4317 9066 4318 9061
      4320 9058 4321 9054 4320 9042 4311 9042
      4293 9083
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 236DEG 40KT 4307 9069

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

$$

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, 6:30 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
May 29, 6:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Richland	29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.