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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 25, 2016Juneau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2016, 3:00 PM CDT for Juneau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 min. 3 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, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2016, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Juneau County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 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, 3:20 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	Mauston, WI	PUBLIC ESTIMATED HALF INCH SIZE HAIL IN MAUSTON VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
May 25, 3:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	Mauston, WI	PUBLIC ESTIMATED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IN MAUSTON. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
May 25, 3:27 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Mauston, WI

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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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

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The text

As transmitted.

771 
WUUS53 KARX 252000
SVRARX
WIC057-252030-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0005.160525T2000Z-160525T2030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 300 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR NEW LISBON TO NEAR MAUSTON TO NEAR WONEWOC...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  MAUSTON AROUND 305 PM CDT. 
  NECEDAH AROUND 320 PM CDT. 
  DELLWOOD AROUND 325 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
LEMONWEIR...LINDINA...CAMP DOUGLAS...KELLY AND HUSTLER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4364 9026 4375 9021 4386 9031 4393 9031
      4425 8991 4423 8989 4419 8993 4418 8990
      4415 8993 4417 8997 4413 8997 4412 9001
      4409 9003 4401 9001 4399 8996 4395 8995
      4392 8995 4391 8998 4387 8996 4379 8987
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 231DEG 29KT 4391 9023 4382 9014 4370 9017 

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

DAS

1 follow-up statement

274 
WWUS53 KARX 252017
SVSARX

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

WIC057-252030-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160525T2030Z/
JUNEAU WI-
317 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL JUNEAU COUNTY...

AT 316 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR NECEDAH TO NEAR NEW LISBON TO NEAR MAUSTON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NECEDAH AROUND 320 PM CDT. 
  DELLWOOD AROUND 330 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
LEMONWEIR...CAMP DOUGLAS...KELLY...HUSTLER AND I 90 94 EXIT 69.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4370 9010 4378 9016 4387 9027 4393 9031
      4425 8991 4423 8989 4419 8993 4418 8990
      4415 8993 4417 8997 4413 8997 4412 9001
      4409 9003 4401 9001 4399 8996 4395 8995
      4392 8995 4391 8998 4387 8996 4379 8987
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 227DEG 25KT 4399 9010 4388 9008 4378 9004 

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

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, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Richland, Vernon	46 min
May 25, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Juneau	24 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.