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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 5, 2016Dodge County, Olmsted County, Wabasha County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 7:48 PM CDT for Dodge County, Olmsted County, Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 72 min. 22 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
Jul 5, 2016, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
72 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Dodge County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 8:15 PM CDTTORNADO5 Sw Lake City, MNTHIS EF1 TORNADO SNAPPED OFF SEVERAL HARDWOOD TREES AND THE DAMAGE WAS CONVERGENT. OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED IN THE NEARBY AREA AND IT WAS CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 60 AND 95 MPH.
Jul 5, 8:20 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 606 Nnw Genoa, MN.
Jul 5, 8:38 PM CDTHIGH SUST WINDS 552 Sse Berne, MN
Jul 5, 8:38 PM CDTHIGH SUST WINDS 553 Sse Berne, MN.
Jul 5, 8:38 PM CDTHIGH SUST WINDS 553 Sse Berne, MN
Jul 5, 8:38 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 671 Ne Kasson, MN.
Jul 5, 8:42 PM CDTTORNADO1 W Wabasha, MNREPORTS OF TORNADO ON THE GROUND FROM SPOTTER NEAR CR 10 AND CR 77 JUST WEST OF WABASHA IN PEPIN TOWNSHIP.
Jul 5, 8:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 E Mazeppa, MNTREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 60 BLOCKING LANES EAST OF MAZEPPA NEAR CR 7.
Jul 5, 8:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Mazeppa, MNDAMAGE TO GRAIN BIN AND OUT BUILDINGS NEAR BELLCHESTER
Jul 5, 8:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 N Mazeppa, MNDAMAGE TO GRAIN BIN AND OUT BUILDINGS NEAR BELLCHESTER.
Jul 5, 8:50 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 606 Nnw Genoa, MN
Jul 5, 8:50 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 755 Nnw Genoa, MNPEAK WIND GUST MEASURED 75 MPH. SEVERAL POWER LINES DOWN AND LOTS OF TREES DOWN.
Jul 5, 8:50 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 755 Nnw Genoa, MNPEAK WIND GUST MEASURED 75 MPH. SEVERAL POWER LINES DOWN AND LOTS OF TREES DOWN. .
Jul 5, 8:54 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 441 Se Dodge Center, MNAWOS STATION DODGE CENTER AIRPORT /TOB/.
Jul 5, 8:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG8 N Zumbro Falls, MNTREE DOWN ON BARN 3 MILES EAST OF BELLCHESTER ALONG CR 9 NEAR CR 82.
Jul 5, 8:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG8 Wsw Lake City, MNTREE DOWN ON BARN 3 MILES EAST OF BELLCHESTER ALONG CR 9 NEAR CR 82
Jul 5, 8:55 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 48Rochester, MNAWOS STATION MAYO HELIPAD /9MN/.
Jul 5, 8:56 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 651 W Kasson, MN.
Jul 5, 8:56 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 651 W Kasson, MN
Jul 5, 8:58 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 N Stewartville, MN11 POWER POLES DOWN ALONG ST. BRIDGETS ROAD IN SOUTHWEST ROCHESTER PER ROCHESTER PUBLIC UTILITIES. A TOTAL OF 2700 CUSTOMERS PROVIDED BY RPU WERE WITHOUT POWER.
Jul 5, 8:59 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 564 N Stewartville, MNASOS STATION ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT /RST/.
Jul 5, 9:01 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG2 W Buffalo, MNCOOPERATIVE OBSERVER STATED TREES DOWN AROUND THE AREA AND POWER OUT AT FARM PLACE. ESTIMATED TIME BY RADAR.

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 5, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 323 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1788 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1788 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted.

636 
WUUS53 KARX 060048
SVRARX
MNC039-109-157-060200-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0041.160706T0048Z-160706T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
748 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
  DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
  OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 747 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR WELCH TO WASECA...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO 
           MOBILE HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CLAREMONT AND BLOOMING PRAIRIE AROUND 815 PM CDT. 
  WEST CONCORD AROUND 820 PM CDT. 
  WABASHA...DODGE CENTER AND HAYFIELD AROUND 825 PM CDT. 
  MANTORVILLE...KASSON AND KELLOGG AROUND 830 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS! 
&&

LAT...LON 4420 9304 4419 9255 4437 9255 4437 9243
      4445 9243 4445 9224 4440 9205 4433 9192
      4429 9193 4427 9190 4423 9189 4420 9186
      4419 9208 4385 9208 4385 9245 4383 9245
      4385 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 282DEG 48KT 4455 9277 4408 9353 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JSB
5 follow-up statements
328 
WWUS53 KARX 060102
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
802 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

MNC039-109-157-060200-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160706T0200Z/
WABASHA MN-DODGE MN-OLMSTED MN-
802 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR WABASHA...DODGE AND OLMSTED COUNTIES...

AT 800 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR RED WING TO NEAR OWATONNA...MOVING EAST AT 
55 MPH.

HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE TREE DAMAGE. DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MOBILE 
         HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CLAREMONT...BLOOMING PRAIRIE AND WEST CONCORD AROUND 820 PM CDT. 
  DODGE CENTER AROUND 825 PM CDT. 
  WABASHA...MANTORVILLE...HAYFIELD AND KASSON AROUND 830 PM CDT. 
  BYRON AND KELLOGG AROUND 835 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD
WIND DAMAGE. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
 
&&

LAT...LON 4420 9304 4419 9255 4437 9255 4437 9243
      4445 9243 4445 9224 4440 9205 4433 9192
      4429 9193 4427 9190 4423 9189 4420 9186
      4419 9208 4385 9208 4385 9245 4383 9245
      4385 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 282DEG 48KT 4452 9257 4405 9333 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

JSB
942 
WWUS53 KARX 060112
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
812 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

MNC039-109-157-060200-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160706T0200Z/
WABASHA MN-DODGE MN-OLMSTED MN-
812 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR WABASHA...DODGE AND OLMSTED COUNTIES...

AT 811 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM FRONTENAC TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OWATONNA...MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST CONCORD AROUND 820 PM CDT. 
  WABASHA...MANTORVILLE...HAYFIELD AND KASSON AROUND 830 PM CDT. 
  BYRON AND KELLOGG AROUND 835 PM CDT. 
  BUFFALO CITY AROUND 840 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE
TO A SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9304 4419 9255 4437 9255 4437 9243
      4445 9243 4445 9224 4440 9205 4433 9192
      4429 9193 4427 9190 4423 9189 4420 9186
      4419 9208 4385 9208 4385 9245 4383 9245
      4385 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 282DEG 48KT 4449 9237 4402 9313 

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

JSB
424 
WWUS53 KARX 060124
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
824 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

MNC039-109-157-060200-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160706T0200Z/
WABASHA MN-DODGE MN-OLMSTED MN-
824 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR WABASHA...DODGE AND OLMSTED COUNTIES...

AT 823 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM PEPIN TO NEAR DODGE CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

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

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WABASHA AROUND 830 PM CDT. 
  KELLOGG AROUND 835 PM CDT. 
  BUFFALO CITY AROUND 840 PM CDT. 
  ROCHESTER AROUND 845 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9304 4419 9255 4437 9255 4437 9243
      4445 9243 4445 9224 4440 9205 4433 9192
      4429 9193 4427 9190 4423 9189 4420 9186
      4419 9208 4385 9208 4385 9245 4383 9245
      4385 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 282DEG 48KT 4446 9216 4399 9292 

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

JSB
746 
WWUS53 KARX 060135
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
835 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

MNC039-109-157-060200-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160706T0200Z/
WABASHA MN-DODGE MN-OLMSTED MN-
835 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR WABASHA...DODGE AND OLMSTED COUNTIES...

AT 835 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WABASHA TO NEAR KASSON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

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

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WABASHA AND KELLOGG AROUND 840 PM CDT. 
  BUFFALO CITY AROUND 845 PM CDT. 
  CHATFIELD...EYOTA AND DOVER AROUND 900 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
MARION...HIGH FOREST...WASIOJA...PLEASANT GROVE AND DOUGLAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9304 4419 9255 4437 9255 4437 9243
      4445 9243 4445 9224 4440 9205 4433 9192
      4429 9193 4427 9190 4423 9189 4420 9186
      4419 9208 4385 9208 4385 9245 4383 9245
      4385 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 282DEG 48KT 4443 9197 4396 9273 

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

JSB
099 
WWUS53 KARX 060154
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
854 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

MNC039-109-157-060200-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-160706T0200Z/
WABASHA MN-DODGE MN-OLMSTED MN-
854 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR WABASHA...DODGE AND OLMSTED COUNTIES...

AT 854 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MODENA TO NEAR STEWARTVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS. 

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


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9304 4419 9255 4437 9255 4437 9243
      4445 9243 4445 9224 4440 9205 4433 9192
      4429 9193 4427 9190 4423 9189 4420 9186
      4419 9208 4385 9208 4385 9245 4383 9245
      4385 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 282DEG 48KT 4438 9165 4391 9241 

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

JSB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXDodge, Wabasha83 min
Jul 5, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningARXWabasha34 min
Jul 5, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinona56 min
Jul 5, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXOlmsted, Wabasha45 min
Jul 5, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXHouston, Winona56 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.