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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI

April 24, 2016Dodge County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT for Dodge County, Minnesota. It was in force for 20 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
Apr 24, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2016, 9:20 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Dodge County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 105 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

272 
WUUS53 KARX 250200
SVRARX
MNC039-250245-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0001.160425T0200Z-160425T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
900 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 900 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DODGE CENTER...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: WASIOJA...
  CONCORD...EDEN...HIGHWAY 57 AND 570TH STREET AND COUNTY ROADS 6 AND
  9.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9286 4420 9269 4419 9268 4404 9268
      4391 9275 4397 9301
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 212DEG 41KT 4406 9283 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

WETENKAMP
2 follow-up statements
152 
WWUS53 KARX 250207
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
907 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

MNC039-250245-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160425T0245Z/
DODGE MN-
907 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN DODGE COUNTY...

AT 907 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MANTORVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DODGE CENTER...MANTORVILLE...KASSON...WASIOJA...CONCORD...EDEN...HIGHWAY 57
AND 570TH STREET...COUNTY ROADS 6 AND 9...BERNE...HIGHWAY 56 AND COUNTY
6 AND DANESVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9286 4420 9269 4419 9268 4404 9268
      4392 9281 4393 9283 4402 9295
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 212DEG 33KT 4407 9281 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

WETENKAMP
616 
WWUS53 KARX 250220
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
920 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

MNC039-250230-
/O.CAN.KARX.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160425T0245Z/
DODGE MN-
920 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN DODGE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4420 9286 4420 9269 4419 9268 4404 9268
      4392 9281 4393 9283 4402 9295
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 212DEG 41KT 4420 9270 

$$

WETENKAMP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXDodge, Mower22 min
Apr 24, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXDodge24 min
Apr 24, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXWabasha28 min

Nearby

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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.