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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 25, 2016Richland County, Vernon County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2016, 2:14 PM CDT for Richland County, Vernon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 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: May 25, 2016, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Richland County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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 25, 2:15 PM CDT	HAIL 1	2 Sw West Lima, WI
May 25, 2:40 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Hillsboro, WI	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TREES DOWN IN HILLSBORO. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
May 25, 2:51 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	Hillsboro, WI	LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED DIME SIZED HAIL IN HILLSBORO.
May 25, 2:51 PM CDT	HAIL 0.88	Hillsboro, WI	PUBLIC ESTIMATED NICKEL SIZE HAIL. TIME ESTIMATED BY 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 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: 869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

269 
WUUS53 KARX 251914
SVRARX
WIC103-123-252000-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0004.160525T1914Z-160525T2000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
214 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
  NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 214 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LA FARGE...OR
  14 MILES NORTHWEST OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HILLSBORO AROUND 250 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE VIOLA...
YUBA...BLOOM CITY...BARTONS CORNERS AND DILLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4344 9056 4351 9072 4373 9045 4373 9031
      4355 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 223DEG 22KT 4351 9056 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

DAS

4 follow-up statements

830 
WWUS53 KARX 251925
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
225 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

WIC103-123-252000-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160525T2000Z/
VERNON WI-RICHLAND WI-
225 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN VERNON AND NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTIES...

AT 225 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF LA
FARGE...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HILLSBORO AROUND 245 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE YUBA...
BLOOM CITY...BARTONS CORNERS...DILLY AND WHITE CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4345 9055 4354 9064 4373 9045 4373 9031
      4355 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 222DEG 23KT 4357 9048 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

DAS

079 
WWUS53 KARX 251930
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
230 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

WIC103-123-252000-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160525T2000Z/
VERNON WI-RICHLAND WI-
230 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN VERNON AND NORTH CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTIES...

AT 229 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HILLSBORO...OR
19 MILES NORTH OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HILLSBORO AROUND 235 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE YUBA...
BLOOM CITY...BARTONS CORNERS...DILLY AND WHITE CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4345 9055 4352 9057 4354 9064 4373 9045
      4373 9031 4355 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 220DEG 33KT 4362 9042 

HAIL...1.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DAS

521 
WWUS53 KARX 251942
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
242 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

WIC103-123-252000-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160525T2000Z/
VERNON WI-RICHLAND WI-
242 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN VERNON AND NORTH CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTIES...

AT 241 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HILLSBORO...OR
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAUSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN VERNON AND NORTH CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: YUBA...MOUNT TABOR...BENDERS CORNERS...BARTONS
CORNERS AND VALLEY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4351 9048 4361 9049 4364 9054 4373 9045
      4373 9031 4355 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 223DEG 22KT 4368 9035 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DAS

855 
WWUS53 KARX 251953
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
253 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

WIC103-123-252002-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160525T2000Z/
VERNON WI-RICHLAND WI-
253 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN VERNON AND NORTH
CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4351 9048 4361 9049 4364 9054 4373 9045
      4373 9031 4355 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 223DEG 22KT 4368 9035 

$$

DAS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 1:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Crawford, Vernon	30 min
May 25, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Richland	34 min
May 25, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Juneau	24 min
May 25, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Juneau	30 min
May 25, 3:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Adams, Juneau	22 min
May 25, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Adams	36 min
May 25, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Adams, Juneau	49 min
May 25, 3:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Adams, Juneau	41 min
May 25, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Taylor	38 min
May 25, 4:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark	49 min
May 25, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Trempealeau	32 min
May 25, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Jackson	31 min
May 25, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Adams	35 min
May 25, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Clark	37 min
May 25, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Clark	28 min
May 25, 6:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Adams	33 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.