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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2016, 5:01 PM CDT for Crawford County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 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
- Aug 4, 2016, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Crawford County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 500 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
350
WUUS53 KARX 042201
SVRARX
WIC023-042245-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0066.160804T2201Z-160804T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
501 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT
* AT 500 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM WEST OF SOLDIERS GROVE TO NEAR EASTMAN...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
CLAYTON AROUND 510 PM CDT.
BOSCOBEL AROUND 515 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
SENECA...WAUZEKA...SOLDIERS GROVE...GAYS MILLS AND EASTMAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4310 9115 4324 9100 4342 9091 4342 9067
4317 9067 4317 9069 4312 9074 4311 9080
4308 9085 4306 9094 4303 9097 4301 9102
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 306DEG 34KT 4340 9086 4321 9093 4313 9106
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DAB3 follow-up statements
147
WWUS53 KARX 042214
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
514 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
WIC023-042245-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160804T2245Z/
CRAWFORD WI-
514 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY...
AT 513 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM CLAYTON TO STEUBEN...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRAIRIE
DU CHIEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PLUGTOWN AROUND 520 PM...
BOSCOBEL AROUND 525 PM.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
WAUZEKA...SOLDIERS GROVE...GAYS MILLS...EASTMAN AND STEUBEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4310 9115 4324 9096 4342 9084 4342 9067
4317 9067 4317 9069 4312 9074 4311 9080
4308 9085 4306 9094 4303 9097 4301 9102
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 294DEG 32KT 4339 9073 4320 9080 4312 9093
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DAB075
WWUS53 KARX 042224
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
524 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
WIC023-042245-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160804T2245Z/
CRAWFORD WI-
524 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...
AT 523 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR BOSCOBEL TO 11 MILES NORTH OF
BLOOMINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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
EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
WAUZEKA... SOLDIERS GROVE...STEUBEN...BELL CENTER AND
MONTGOMERYVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4310 9103 4322 9083 4342 9073 4342 9067
4317 9067 4317 9069 4312 9074 4311 9080
4308 9085 4306 9094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 310DEG 29KT 4318 9066 4305 9086
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DAB358
WWUS53 KARX 042239
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
539 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
WIC023-042248-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-160804T2245Z/
CRAWFORD WI-
539 PM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4310 9103 4322 9083 4342 9073 4342 9067
4317 9067 4317 9069 4312 9074 4311 9080
4308 9085 4306 9094
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 306DEG 34KT 4318 9066 4305 9086
$$
DABThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 3:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | La Crosse | 119 min |
| Aug 4, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Juneau, Monroe, Richland, Vernon | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Richland | 91 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016
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.