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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS La Crosse, WI

September 19, 2016Richland County, Vernon County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 19, 2016, 2:42 PM CDT for Richland County, Vernon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 min. 2 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: Sep 19, 2016, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2016, 3:14 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Richland County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Sep 19, 2:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Bloom City, WI
Sep 19, 3:00 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 Sse Rockbridge, WI	TIME ESTIMATED.

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
Sep 19, 2:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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: 1974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

187 
WUUS53 KARX 191942
SVRARX
WIC103-123-192030-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0079.160919T1942Z-160919T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
242 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
  NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 242 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR HILLSBORO TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLAYTON...
  MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR 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...()
  HILLSBORO AROUND 245 PM CDT. 
  RICHLAND CENTER AROUND 255 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
GERMANTOWN...ROCKBRIDGE...ITHACA...SYLVAN AND CAZENOVIA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4339 9067 4342 9067 4373 9045 4373 9031
      4355 9031 4355 9019 4331 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 277DEG 48KT 4365 9044 4346 9064 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SHEA

4 follow-up statements

823 
WWUS53 KARX 191951
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
251 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

WIC103-123-192030-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160919T2030Z/
VERNON WI-RICHLAND WI-
251 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN VERNON AND NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTIES...

AT 251 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF
HILLSBORO...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING EAST AT 60
MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN VERNON AND NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: GERMANTOWN...ROCKBRIDGE...ITHACA...CAZENOVIA
AND YUBA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4339 9067 4349 9055 4372 9039 4373 9031
      4355 9031 4355 9019 4331 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 279DEG 54KT 4350 9038 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SHEA

850 
WWUS53 KARX 192000
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
300 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

WIC123-192009-
/O.CAN.KARX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160919T2030Z/
VERNON WI-
300 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN VERNON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4335 9042 4347 9040 4355 9032 4355 9019
      4331 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 277DEG 48KT 4349 9022 

$$

WIC103-192030-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160919T2030Z/
RICHLAND WI-
300 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY...

AT 259 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES WEST OF
REEDSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL 
         DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT 
         WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKBRIDGE...ITHACA...CAZENOVIA...AND LOYD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4335 9042 4347 9040 4355 9032 4355 9019
      4331 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 277DEG 48KT 4349 9022 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SHEA

908 
WWUS53 KARX 192006
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
306 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

WIC103-192030-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160919T2030Z/
RICHLAND WI-
306 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY...

AT 305 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHEAST
OF RICHLAND CENTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ITHACA...CAZENOVIA...LOYD...AND BUCK CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4335 9042 4346 9034 4355 9019 4331 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 294DEG 36KT 4341 9020 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

SHEA

762 
WWUS53 KARX 192014
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
314 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

WIC103-192024-
/O.CAN.KARX.SV.W.0079.000000T0000Z-160919T2030Z/
RICHLAND WI-
314 PM CDT MON SEP 19 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY
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 800 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
LA CROSSE.

LAT...LON 4335 9042 4346 9034 4355 9019 4331 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 277DEG 48KT 4339 9003 

$$

SHEA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 19, 1:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon	62 min
Sep 19, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Adams, Crawford, Juneau, Monroe, Richland, Vernon	64 min
Sep 19, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Grant	62 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.