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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 5, 2016Clark County, Taylor County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2016, 3:32 PM CDT for Clark County, Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 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 5, 2016, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, WI, Taylor County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 5, 3:32 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Westboro, WI	BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTED TREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF WESTBORO .
Jun 5, 3:36 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Rib Lake, WI	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED TWO TREES DOWN IN THE CITY OF RIB LAKE.
Jun 5, 3:38 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Rib Lake, WI	PUBLIC REPORTED BRANCHES BLOWN DOWN AND BASKETBALL HOOP BLOWN DOWN. ESTIMATE WIND GUST OF 50 MPH.
Jun 5, 3:41 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Medford, WI	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY OF MEDFORD. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. .

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 21 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

304 
WUUS53 KARX 052032
SVRARX
WIC019-119-052115-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0021.160605T2032Z-160605T2115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
332 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 415 PM CDT

* AT 331 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR WESTBORO TO 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF THORP...MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RIB LAKE AND CHELSEA AROUND 340 PM CDT. 
  OWEN AROUND 350 PM CDT. 
  DORCHESTER AND DORCHESTER AROUND 355 PM CDT. 
  COLBY...ABBOTSFORD AND ABBOTSFORD AROUND 400 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE COLBY...
STETSONVILLE...GOODRICH...WITHEE AND GILMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4512 9004 4512 9020 4503 9020 4503 9031
      4472 9032 4471 9033 4518 9083 4538 9046
      4538 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 328DEG 42KT 4538 9027 4515 9069 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RRS

4 follow-up statements

336 
WWUS53 KARX 052044
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
344 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2016

WIC019-119-052115-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160605T2115Z/
TAYLOR WI-CLARK WI-
344 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR AND NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES...

AT 342 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR RIB LAKE TO 6 MILES NORTH OF OWEN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND
         SOME BRANCHES DOWN IN THE RIB LAKE AREA.  

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

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DORCHESTER AND DORCHESTER AROUND 355 PM CDT. 
  COLBY...ABBOTSFORD AND ABBOTSFORD AROUND 400 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE COLBY...
STETSONVILLE...GOODRICH...UNITY AND CURTISS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH A THESE STORMS. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4512 9004 4512 9020 4503 9020 4503 9031
      4472 9032 4471 9033 4512 9076 4538 9024
      4538 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 328DEG 42KT 4528 9018 4505 9060 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RRS

216 
WWUS53 KARX 052053
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
353 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2016

WIC019-119-052115-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160605T2115Z/
TAYLOR WI-CLARK WI-
353 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN TAYLOR AND NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES...

AT 352 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW WOOD WILDLIFE AREA TO NEAR
OWEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. THE STRONGEST PART
         OF THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHEAST TAYLOR
         COUNTY INTO NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY.

SOURCE...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A COUPLE TREES DOWN IN
         THE RIB LAKE AREA. 

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

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ABBOTSFORD AROUND 355 PM CDT. 
  COLBY AND ABBOTSFORD AROUND 400 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE COLBY...
STETSONVILLE...GOODRICH...WITHEE AND UNITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4512 9004 4512 9020 4503 9020 4503 9031
      4472 9032 4471 9033 4508 9072 4520 9030
      4538 9009 4538 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 323DEG 45KT 4517 9004 4494 9046 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

RRS

144 
WWUS53 KARX 052102
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
402 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2016

WIC019-119-052115-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160605T2115Z/
TAYLOR WI-CLARK WI-
402 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR AND NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES...

AT 401 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COUNCIL GROUNDS STATE PARK TO
NEAR COLBY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE LINE WAS
         MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR AND NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: COLBY...STETSONVILLE...UNITY...CURTISS AND ATWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING
KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4503 9020 4503 9031 4472 9032 4471 9033
      4503 9066 4511 9038 4512 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 323DEG 45KT 4508 8995 4485 9037 

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

RRS

688 
WWUS53 KARX 052113
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
413 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2016

WIC019-119-052122-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160605T2115Z/
TAYLOR WI-CLARK WI-
413 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN TAYLOR AND
NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT...
    
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4503 9020 4503 9031 4472 9032 4471 9033
      4503 9066 4511 9038 4512 9020
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 328DEG 42KT 4508 8995 4485 9037 

$$

RIECK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Wood	23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.