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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2015, 4:57 PM CDT for La Crosse County, Wisconsin; Houston County, Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 min. 4 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, 2015, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2015, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Houston County, MN, Winona County, MN, La Crosse County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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, 5:12 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 3 W La Crescent, MN | |
| Jun 29, 5:16 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 3 W La Crescent, MN | AT WXOW TELEVISION STUDIOS |
| Jun 29, 5:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 4 W La Crescent, MN | PLUS WIND GUSTS OF 45 KTS |
| Jun 29, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 2 N Brownsville, 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 29, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
211
WUUS53 KARX 292157
SVRARX
MNC055-169-WIC063-292230-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0021.150629T2157Z-150629T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
457 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN WINONA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
CENTRAL LA CROSSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 530 PM CDT
* AT 456 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
DAKOTA...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF
PRODUCING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ONALASKA AROUND 500 PM CDT.
LA CRESCENT AROUND 505 PM CDT.
LA CROSSE AND FRENCH ISLAND AROUND 510 PM CDT.
HOKAH AROUND 515 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MOUND
PRAIRIE...DRESBACH...HIGHWAY 33 AND COUNTY O A...BLUE BIRD CAMPGROUND
AND NODINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4373 9099 4373 9154 4393 9156 4398 9142
4399 9132 4402 9135 4406 9124 4405 9122
4407 9121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 341DEG 23KT 4389 9137
HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ROGERS2 follow-up statements
925
WWUS53 KARX 292212
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
512 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
MNC055-169-WIC063-292230-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150629T2230Z/
HOUSTON MN-WINONA MN-LA CROSSE WI-
512 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON...SOUTHEASTERN WINONA AND SOUTHWESTERN LA
CROSSE COUNTIES...
AT 512 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HOKAH...OR
OVER LA CRESCENT...AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LA CROSSE AND HOKAH AROUND 515 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MOUND
PRAIRIE...DRESBACH...HIGHWAY 33 AND COUNTY O A...BLUE BIRD CAMPGROUND
AND COUNTY 9 AND SATHER VALLEY ROAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4373 9099 4373 9154 4388 9155 4389 9142
4392 9131 4396 9114
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 341DEG 23KT 4379 9132
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ROGERS177
WWUS53 KARX 292220
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
520 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
MNC055-169-WIC063-292230-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150629T2230Z/
HOUSTON MN-WINONA MN-LA CROSSE WI-
520 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON...SOUTHEASTERN WINONA AND SOUTHWESTERN LA
CROSSE COUNTIES...
AT 519 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HOKAH...OR
NEAR LA CROSSE...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL AT WXOW TV 3
MILES WEST OF LA CRESCENT.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN HOUSTON...SOUTHEASTERN WINONA AND SOUTHWESTERN LA CROSSE
COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...MOUND PRAIRIE...
HIGHWAY 33 AND COUNTY O A...HIGHWAYS 14 61 AND COUNTY M M...BLUE BIRD
CAMPGROUND AND GOOSE ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4373 9105 4373 9154 4385 9155 4387 9140
4389 9127 4391 9117
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 341DEG 23KT 4375 9130
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
ROGERSThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Taylor | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 2:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Buffalo | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Jackson, Trempealeau | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 21 min |
| Jun 29, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clark | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Jackson, Trempealeau | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, La Crosse, Trempealeau | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Vernon | 55 min |
| Jun 29, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford | 54 min |
| Jun 29, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Wabasha, Winona | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Houston | 37 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.