Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2016, 10:13 PM CDT for Clayton County, Fayette County, Iowa. It was in force for 27 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
- May 3, 2016, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2016, 10:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 10:15 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Wadena, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
618 WUUS53 KARX 040313 SVRARX IAC043-065-040400- /O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0002.160504T0313Z-160504T0400Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1013 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CLAYTON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN IOWA... SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN IOWA... * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 1012 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELGIN...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST UNION...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... VOLGA AND ARLINGTON AROUND 1020 PM CDT. STRAWBERRY POINT AROUND 1030 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WADENA... HIGHWAY 56 AND COUNTY W 70...THOMASVILLE...AND MEDERVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 4289 9184 4299 9163 4265 9118 4265 9165 TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 326DEG 36KT 4286 9166 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ 04
2 follow-up statements
562
WWUS53 KARX 040331
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1031 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016
IAC043-065-040400-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160504T0400Z/
CLAYTON IA-FAYETTE IA-
1031 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLAYTON AND SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES...
AT 1029 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NORTH OF STRAWBERRY
POINT...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELKADER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. AT 1015 PM...SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN
WADENA ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN CLAYTON AND SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: HIGHWAYS 3 AND 187...HIGHWAY 13 AND COUNTY C 24...
THOMASVILLE...COUNTY ROAD W 45 AND 187 AND MEDERVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 4277 9174 4286 9146 4265 9118 4265 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0329Z 326DEG 36KT 4271 9153
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
04277
WWUS53 KARX 040340
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1040 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016
IAC043-065-040349-
/O.CAN.KARX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160504T0400Z/
CLAYTON IA-FAYETTE IA-
1040 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLAYTON AND
SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 4277 9174 4286 9146 4265 9118 4265 9165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 326DEG 36KT 4262 9145
$$
04The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee | 61 min |
| May 3, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Fayette | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016
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.