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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 5, 2016Adams County, Juneau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 10:58 PM CDT for Adams County, Juneau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2016, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Adams County, WI, Juneau County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 5, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 505 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 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
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.

482 
WUUS53 KARX 060358
SVRARX
WIC001-057-060500-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0049.160706T0358Z-160706T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1058 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN JUNEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  ADAMS COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT

* AT 1058 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR NECEDAH TO NEAR HILLSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 40
  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...
  NECEDAH AROUND 1105 PM CDT. 
  MAUSTON AND DELLWOOD AROUND 1115 PM CDT. 
  FRIENDSHIP AND ADAMS AROUND 1125 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
LEMONWEIR...STRONGS PRAIRIE...BIG FLATS...LYNDON STATION AND KELLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4364 9013 4413 9012 4412 8960 4364 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0358Z 277DEG 36KT 4408 9014 4369 9032 

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

RIECK
3 follow-up statements
726 
WWUS53 KARX 060420
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1120 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

WIC001-057-060500-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160706T0500Z/
JUNEAU WI-ADAMS WI-
1120 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR EASTERN JUNEAU AND ADAMS COUNTIES...

AT 1120 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR FRIENDSHIP TO 9 MILES NORTH OF REEDSBURG...MOVING
EAST AT 40 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...
  FRIENDSHIP AND ADAMS AROUND 1125 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
LEMONWEIR...STRONGS PRAIRIE...BIG FLATS...LYNDON STATION AND KELLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4364 9013 4413 9012 4412 8960 4364 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 277DEG 36KT 4405 8985 4366 9003 

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

RIECK
237 
WWUS53 KARX 060432
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1132 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

WIC001-057-060500-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160706T0500Z/
JUNEAU WI-ADAMS WI-
1132 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN JUNEAU AND ADAMS COUNTIES...

AT 1132 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR FRIENDSHIP TO NEAR WISCONSIN DELLS...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN JUNEAU AND ADAMS COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS: LEMONWEIR...BIG FLATS...LYNDON STATION...COLBURN AND
COUNTY ROADS B AND P.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4364 9013 4412 8991 4412 8960 4364 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0432Z 282DEG 21KT 4397 8978 4365 8989 

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

RIECK
034 
WWUS53 KARX 060456
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1156 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

WIC001-057-060506-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160706T0500Z/
JUNEAU WI-ADAMS WI-
1156 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JUNEAU AND ADAMS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CDT...
    
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

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

LAT...LON 4364 9013 4412 8991 4412 8960 4364 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 277DEG 36KT 4397 8978 4365 8989 

$$

RIECK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo, Trempealeau38 min
Jul 5, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo, Trempealeau56 min
Jul 5, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo45 min
Jul 5, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningARXBuffalo37 min
Jul 5, 9:29 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedARXBuffalo, Trempealeau46 min
Jul 5, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXLa Crosse, Monroe, Vernon56 min
Jul 5, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson, Monroe30 min
Jul 5, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningARXVernon29 min
Jul 5, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford41 min
Jul 5, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau, Monroe, Richland, Vernon45 min
Jul 5, 11:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXGrant61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.