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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2016, 3:28 PM CDT for Vernon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 min. 2 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 30, 2016, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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 30, 3:30 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Viroqua, WI | TREES AND POWER LINES REPORTED DOWN IN VIROQUA. |
| Jun 30, 3:35 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 54 | Viroqua, WI |
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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1246 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
175 WUUS53 KARX 302028 SVRARX WIC123-302115- /O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0039.160630T2028Z-160630T2115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 328 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 415 PM CDT * AT 327 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER VIROQUA... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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 WESTERN VERNON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: SPRINGVILLE...VIOLA...LIBERTY...READSTOWN AND ROSS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4342 9114 4369 9091 4361 9067 4342 9067 TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 300DEG 19KT 4357 9088 HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ WETENKAMP
3 follow-up statements
488 WWUS53 KARX 302032 SVSARX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 332 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016 WIC123-302115- /O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160630T2115Z/ VERNON WI- 332 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR WESTERN VERNON COUNTY... AT 331 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER VIROQUA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SOME ROTATION HAS BEEN NOTED WITH THIS STORM. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VIROQUA...WESTBY...SPRINGVILLE...VIOLA...LIBERTY...READSTOWN... ROSS...RETREAT...COUNTY ROADS B AND Y...WEST PRAIRIE...BUD...FARGO... KICKAPOO CENTER...FOLSOM...PURDY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 4342 9114 4369 9091 4361 9067 4342 9067 TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 300DEG 19KT 4356 9085 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...<.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ WETENKAMP
068
WWUS53 KARX 302052
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
352 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016
WIC123-302115-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160630T2115Z/
VERNON WI-
352 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM CDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VERNON COUNTY...
AT 352 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LA FARGE...OR
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VIROQUA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN
IN THE VIROQUA AREA.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VIOLA...LIBERTY...READSTOWN...ROSS...KICKAPOO CENTER...HIGHWAY 82 AND
COUNTY D...FOLSOM AND SUGAR GROVE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4343 9086 4362 9075 4361 9067 4342 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 300DEG 19KT 4350 9072
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
WETENKAMP152
WWUS53 KARX 302106
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
406 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016
WIC123-302116-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160630T2115Z/
VERNON WI-
406 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VERNON COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 4343 9086 4362 9075 4361 9067 4342 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 300DEG 19KT 4350 9072
$$
WETENKAMPThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Buffalo | 49 min |
| Jun 30, 12:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | La Crosse | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Trempealeau | 41 min |
| Jun 30, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | La Crosse | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 1:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | La Crosse | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford, Richland | 66 min |
| Jun 30, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Grant | 39 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.