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Tornado Warning 8, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 29, 2014Grant County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2014, 9:59 PM CDT for Grant County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 31 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: Jun 29, 2014, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2014, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 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), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 29, 10:00 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Ne Fennimore, WI	EF1 TORNADO VERIFIED UNTIL 1011 PM TO 3NW MONTFORT. 7.7 MILE INTERMITTENT DAMAGE WITH PEAK WIND OF 110 MPH.
Jun 29, 10:02 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ene Fennimore, WI	TREES DOWN ON A HOUSE. 13417 COUNTY ROAD Q. TIME RADAR ESTIMATED.

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 29, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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: 1816 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 5.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

115 
WFUS53 KARX 300259
TORARX
WIC043-300330-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0008.140630T0259Z-140630T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
959 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
    
* AT 959 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER FENNIMORE...OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  LANCASTER...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  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
  NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
  PRESTON...ARTHUR...MONTFORT...LIVINGSTON AND STITZER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4291 9074 4309 9068 4306 9043 4284 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 283DEG 37KT 4299 9062 

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

$$

MW

3 follow-up statements

158 
WWUS53 KARX 300307
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1007 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014

WIC043-300330-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140630T0330Z/
GRANT WI-
1007 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY...
    
AT 1006 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CASTLE ROCK...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
BOSCOBEL... MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

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
NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
PRESTON...ARTHUR...MONTFORT...LIVINGSTON AND STITZER.

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.

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

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4291 9074 4309 9068 4306 9043 4284 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0306Z 271DEG 34KT 4300 9053 

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

$$

MW

730 
WWUS53 KARX 300316
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1016 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014

WIC043-300330-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140630T0330Z/
GRANT WI-
1016 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY...
    
AT 1015 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF MUSCODA...OR 14 MILES WEST OF
DODGEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

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
EAST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... 
CASTLE ROCK...PRESTON...AND MONTFORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 4292 9058 4307 9053 4306 9043 4284 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 263DEG 35KT 4303 9040 

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

$$

MW

604 
WWUS53 KARX 300323
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1023 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014

WIC043-300332-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140630T0330Z/
GRANT WI-
1023 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GRANT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1030 PM CDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

WE HAVE RECEIVED A REPORT OF TREES DOWN ONTO A HOUSE SOUTH OF CASTLE 
ROCK. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT 
MONDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN AND NORTHEASTERN IOWA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
LA CROSSE.

LAT...LON 4292 9058 4307 9053 4306 9043 4284 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 283DEG 37KT 4303 9040 

$$

MW

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 9:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Crawford, Grant	52 min
Jun 29, 9:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Crawford, Grant, Richland	3 hr
Jun 29, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Crawford, Grant, Richland	43 min
Jun 30, 3:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ARX	Crawford, Grant, Richland	16 hr
Jun 30, 1:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Grant	83 min
Jun 30, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Crawford, Grant	77 min
Jun 30, 3:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Crawford, Grant, Richland	5 hr
Jun 30, 4:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Grant	21 min
Jun 30, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Richland	30 min
Jun 30, 4:34 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	ARX	Adams, Crawford, Grant, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse and 3 more	2 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.