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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 5, 2016Jackson County, Monroe County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 10:17 PM CDT for Jackson County, Monroe County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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, 10:17 PM CDT (03:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2016, 10:47 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Jackson County, WI, Monroe County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 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
Jul 5, 10:29 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Black River Falls, WI	SEVERAL TREES BLOWN DOWN

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 5, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 212 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: 505 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

687 
WUUS53 KARX 060317
SVRARX
WIC053-081-060400-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0046.160706T0317Z-160706T0400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1017 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 1016 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BLACK RIVER
  FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

  HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HATFIELD AROUND 1025 PM CDT. 
  MILLSTON AROUND 1030 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
IRVING... MERRILLAN...ALMA CENTER...MELROSE AND WARRENS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS LINE HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4411 9102 4446 9099 4446 9080 4442 9080
      4442 9032 4409 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 271DEG 40KT 4433 9089 

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

JSB

3 follow-up statements

983 
WWUS53 KARX 060326
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1026 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

WIC053-081-060400-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160706T0400Z/
MONROE WI-JACKSON WI-
1026 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN MONROE AND JACKSON COUNTIES...

AT 1026 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BLACK RIVER
FALLS...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. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BLACK RIVER FALLS AND HATFIELD AROUND 1035 PM CDT. 
  MILLSTON AROUND 1040 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
IRVING... MERRILLAN...ALMA CENTER...MELROSE AND WARRENS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4411 9102 4446 9099 4446 9080 4442 9080
      4442 9032 4409 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 267DEG 47KT 4428 9091 

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

JSB

337 
WWUS53 KARX 060331
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1031 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

WIC053-081-060400-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160706T0400Z/
MONROE WI-JACKSON WI-
1031 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN MONROE AND JACKSON COUNTIES...

AT 1030 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BLACK RIVER
FALLS...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. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HATFIELD AROUND 1035 PM CDT. 
  MILLSTON AROUND 1040 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
IRVING... MERRILLAN...ALMA CENTER...MELROSE AND WARRENS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS LINE HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4411 9102 4446 9099 4446 9080 4442 9080
      4442 9032 4409 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 267DEG 47KT 4428 9084 

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

JSB

366 
WWUS53 KARX 060347
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1047 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

WIC053-081-060357-
/O.CAN.KARX.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-160706T0400Z/
MONROE WI-JACKSON WI-
1047 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN MONROE AND JACKSON
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4411 9102 4446 9099 4446 9080 4442 9080
      4442 9032 4409 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 0346Z 271DEG 40KT 4428 9057 

$$

RIECK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	38 min
Jul 5, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	56 min
Jul 5, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo	45 min
Jul 5, 9:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Buffalo	37 min
Jul 5, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	46 min
Jul 5, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon	56 min
Jul 5, 10:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Vernon	29 min
Jul 5, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Crawford	41 min
Jul 5, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Juneau, Monroe, Richland, Vernon	45 min
Jul 5, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Adams, Juneau	62 min
Jul 5, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Grant	61 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.