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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 26, 2016La Crosse County, Vernon County, Wisconsin; Houston County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2016, 12:09 AM CDT for La Crosse County, Vernon County, Wisconsin; Houston County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 min. 7 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 26, 2016, 12:09 AM CDT (05:09 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Houston County, MN, La Crosse County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:11 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 26, 12:17 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	La Crescent, MN	SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN
Jun 26, 12:19 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 46	1 Sw La Crosse, WI
Jun 26, 12:19 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 46	La Crosse, WI
Jun 26, 12:20 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sw La Crosse, WI	SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN AROUND THE CITY. POWER OUT IN SOME LOCATIONS. LIGHT POLE DOWN.
Jun 26, 12:20 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	La Crosse, WI	SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN AROUND THE CITY. POWER OUT IN SOME LOCATIONS. LIGHT POLE DOWN.
Jun 26, 12:21 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 39	3 Wsw Barre Mills, WI	NWS LA CROSSE OFFICE.
Jun 26, 12:21 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 39	4 E La Crosse, WI	NWS LA CROSSE OFFICE

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, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 225 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: 1640 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 4.5

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The text

As transmitted.

944 
WUUS53 KARX 260509
SVRARX
MNC055-WIC063-123-260600-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0037.160626T0509Z-160626T0600Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1209 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
  SOUTHEASTERN LA CROSSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 1209 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR HOUSTON TO NEAR CALEDONIA...MOVING EAST AT 45
  MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... LA CRESCENT...HOKAH...NEW
  ALBIN AND BROWNSVILLE AROUND 1225 AM CDT. LA CROSSE...FRENCH
  ISLAND AND STODDARD AROUND 1230 AM CDT. COON VALLEY AROUND 1245 AM
  CDT. VIROQUA AND WESTBY AROUND 1250 AM CDT. LA FARGE AROUND 100 AM
  CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
NEWTON...SPRINGVILLE...VIOLA...MOUND PRAIRIE AND LIBERTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4355 9067 4347 9067 4348 9122 4350 9122
      4350 9144 4384 9150 4385 9091 4372 9091
      4372 9063 4355 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0509Z 274DEG 40KT 4383 9156 4357 9151 

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

JSB

6 follow-up statements

690 
WWUS53 KARX 260513
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1213 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

MNC055-WIC063-123-260600-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160626T0600Z/
HOUSTON MN-LA CROSSE WI-VERNON WI-
1213 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR EASTERN HOUSTON...SOUTHEASTERN LA CROSSE AND VERNON COUNTIES...

AT 1212 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM LA CRESCENT TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STODDARD...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  COON VALLEY AROUND 1235 AM CDT. 
  VIROQUA AND WESTBY AROUND 1240 AM CDT. 
  LA FARGE AROUND 100 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
NEWTON...SPRINGVILLE...VIOLA...MOUND PRAIRIE AND LIBERTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4355 9067 4347 9067 4348 9122 4350 9122
      4350 9144 4384 9150 4385 9091 4372 9091
      4372 9063 4355 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0512Z 270DEG 39KT 4383 9134 4360 9130 

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

JSB

211 
WWUS53 KARX 260516
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1216 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

MNC055-WIC063-123-260600-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160626T0600Z/
HOUSTON MN-LA CROSSE WI-VERNON WI-
1216 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR EASTERN HOUSTON...SOUTHEASTERN LA CROSSE AND VERNON COUNTIES...

AT 1215 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM LA CRESCENT TO NEAR STODDARD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  STODDARD AROUND 1220 AM CDT. 
  COON VALLEY AROUND 1235 AM CDT. 
  VIROQUA AROUND 1240 AM CDT. 
  WESTBY AROUND 1245 AM CDT. 
  LA FARGE AROUND 100 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
NEWTON...SPRINGVILLE...VIOLA...LIBERTY AND RENO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4355 9067 4347 9067 4348 9122 4350 9122
      4351 9131 4384 9138 4385 9091 4372 9091
      4372 9063 4355 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0515Z 270DEG 39KT 4383 9130 4360 9127 

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

JSB

825 
WWUS53 KARX 260523
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1223 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

MNC055-WIC063-123-260600-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160626T0600Z/
HOUSTON MN-LA CROSSE WI-VERNON WI-
1223 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR EASTERN HOUSTON...SOUTHEASTERN LA CROSSE AND VERNON COUNTIES...

AT 1222 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM LA CROSSE TO NEAR STODDARD...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  COON VALLEY AROUND 1235 AM CDT. 
  VIROQUA AND WESTBY AROUND 1245 AM CDT. 
  LA FARGE AROUND 100 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
NEWTON...SPRINGVILLE...VIOLA...LIBERTY AND RENO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4355 9067 4347 9067 4348 9122 4350 9122
      4351 9131 4384 9138 4385 9091 4372 9091
      4372 9063 4355 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0522Z 274DEG 40KT 4383 9123 4360 9120 

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

JSB

168 
WWUS53 KARX 260529
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1229 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

MNC055-260539-
/O.CAN.KARX.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160626T0600Z/
HOUSTON MN-
1229 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN HOUSTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4355 9067 4347 9067 4348 9122 4352 9122
      4354 9125 4358 9123 4361 9127 4371 9127
      4378 9124 4379 9126 4384 9128 4385 9091
      4372 9091 4372 9063 4355 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 269DEG 52KT 4384 9104 4365 9109 

$$

WIC063-123-260600-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160626T0600Z/
LA CROSSE WI-VERNON WI-
1229 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LA CROSSE AND VERNON COUNTIES...

AT 1229 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BANGOR TO NEAR COON VALLEY...MOVING EAST AT 60
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  VIROQUA AND WESTBY AROUND 1240 AM CDT. 
  LA FARGE AROUND 1250 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
NEWTON...SPRINGVILLE...VIOLA...LIBERTY AND CHASEBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4355 9067 4347 9067 4348 9122 4352 9122
      4354 9125 4358 9123 4361 9127 4371 9127
      4378 9124 4379 9126 4384 9128 4385 9091
      4372 9091 4372 9063 4355 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 269DEG 52KT 4384 9104 4365 9109 

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

JSB

934 
WWUS53 KARX 260542
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1242 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

WIC063-123-260600-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160626T0600Z/
LA CROSSE WI-VERNON WI-
1242 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LA CROSSE AND VERNON COUNTIES...

AT 1238 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPARTA TO NEAR WESTBY...MOVING
EAST AT 50 MPH.  AT 1220 AM CDT...LA CROSSE POLICE DEPARTMENT
REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN IN THE CITY.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  VIROQUA AROUND 1245 AM CDT. 
  WESTBY AROUND 1250 AM CDT. 
  LA FARGE AROUND 100 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
NEWTON...SPRINGVILLE...VIOLA...LIBERTY AND CHASEBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4355 9067 4347 9067 4348 9122 4352 9122
      4354 9125 4358 9123 4361 9127 4371 9127
      4378 9124 4379 9126 4384 9128 4385 9091
      4372 9091 4372 9063 4355 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0539Z 274DEG 37KT 4383 9091 4364 9098 

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

JSB

800 
WWUS53 KARX 260553
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1253 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

WIC063-260602-
/O.CAN.KARX.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160626T0600Z/
LA CROSSE WI-
1253 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LA CROSSE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4355 9067 4347 9067 4348 9097 4372 9091
      4372 9063 4355 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0552Z 266DEG 33KT 4382 9072 4353 9086 

$$

WIC123-260600-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0037.000000T0000Z-160626T0600Z/
VERNON WI-
1253 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL VERNON COUNTY...

AT 1252 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CASHTON TO NEAR VIROQUA...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

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

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  LA FARGE AROUND 100 AM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
SPRINGVILLE...VIOLA...LIBERTY...ROSS AND JERSEY VALLEY COUNTY PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4355 9067 4347 9067 4348 9097 4372 9091
      4372 9063 4355 9060
TIME...MOT...LOC 0552Z 266DEG 33KT 4382 9072 4353 9086 

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

JSB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Pepin	20 min
Jun 25, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Taylor	51 min
Jun 25, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Clark, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon	54 min
Jun 26, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon	40 min
Jun 26, 1:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Adams, Crawford, Grant, Juneau, Richland, Vernon	64 min
Jun 25, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Mower	51 min
Jun 25, 10:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ARX	Mower	111 min
Jun 25, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Fillmore	51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2016 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2016 Every 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.