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Tornado Warning 6, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 16, 2014Mower County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 2014, 7:11 PM CDT for Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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 16, 2014, 7:11 PM CDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2014, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Mower County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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
Jun 16, 7:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 66	1 Ene Dexter, MN

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 16, 5:46 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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: 25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 81 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.

028 
WFUS53 KARX 170011
TORARX
MNC099-170045-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0006.140617T0011Z-140617T0045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
711 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 711 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
  TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED OVER
  BROWNSDALE...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF AUSTIN...MOVING EAST AT 50
  MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. 
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE 
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  GRAND MEADOW AROUND 725 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
DEXTER...I 90 EXIT 193...RENOVA...INTERSTATE 90 AND COUNTY 1 AND I 90
EXIT 187.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR 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.

THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4364 9290 4375 9295 4382 9272 4383 9253
      4371 9250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 253DEG 45KT 4372 9283 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

ZT

2 follow-up statements

622 
WWUS53 KARX 170025
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
725 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

MNC099-170045-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140617T0045Z/
MOWER MN-
725 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
MOWER COUNTY...

AT 724 PM CDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS LOCATED NEAR
GRAND MEADOW...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRING VALLEY...MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 80 
         MPH. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT 
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE 
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE IS 
         LIKELY. 

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHERN MOWER COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...DEXTER...
I 90 EXIT 193...RENOVA...INTERSTATE 90 AND COUNTY 1 AND I 90 EXIT
187.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR 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.

THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4364 9290 4375 9295 4382 9272 4383 9253
      4371 9250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 253DEG 45KT 4377 9261 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

AJ

217 
WWUS53 KARX 170044
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
744 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

MNC099-170054-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140617T0045Z/
MOWER MN-
744 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN MOWER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745
PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
EASTERN MOWER COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND NORTHEAST IOWA.

LAT...LON 4364 9290 4375 9295 4382 9272 4383 9253
      4371 9250
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 253DEG 45KT 4377 9261 

$$

AJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 7:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted	66 min
Jun 16, 7:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Dodge, Mower, Olmsted	6 hr
Jun 16, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Houston, Winona	77 min
Jun 16, 8:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Wabasha	4 days
Jun 16, 9:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Mower	6 days
Jun 16, 9:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Winona	24 hr
Jun 16, 10:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona	6 hr
Jun 17, 5:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Mower	24 hr
Jun 17, 11:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Wabasha	21 days
Jun 17, 2:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ARX	Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more	54 hr
Jun 17, 6:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Mower	51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.