Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2016, 4:21 PM CDT for Floyd County, Iowa. It was in force for 39 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
- Sep 21, 2016, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Floyd County, IA
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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 21, 4:25 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Nora Springs, IA | 2 FOOT DIAMETER TREE DOWN ON HOUSE. RELAYED BY CHARLES CITY FD. |
| Sep 21, 5:06 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | Rockford, IA | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Sep 21, 5:10 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 W Rockford, IA | TREES DOWN 2W OF ROCKFORD AS WELL AS IN NORA SPRINGS. WINDS ESTIMATED 60-70 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 515 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.5
The text
As transmitted.
714
WUUS53 KARX 212121
SVRARX
IAC067-212200-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0086.160921T2121Z-160921T2200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
421 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 420 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORA
SPRINGS...OR 11 MILES EAST OF MASON CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...70 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED AND FROM CHARLES CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE
TREE DAMAGE. WIND DAMAGE IS ALSO LIKELY TO MOBILE
HOMES...ROOFS...AND OUTBUILDINGS.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RUDD AROUND 435 PM CDT.
FLOYD AROUND 455 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HOWARDVILLE...IDLEWILDE STATE PARK...COUNTY ROADS B 20 AND S 70 AND
COUNTY ROADS B 20 AND T 26.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4320 9302 4321 9301 4321 9256 4298 9302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 226DEG 15KT 4311 9297
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
AJ2 follow-up statements
387
WWUS53 KARX 212142
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
442 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
IAC067-212200-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-160921T2200Z/
FLOYD IA-
442 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY...
AT 441 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUDD...OR 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. WIRES WERE REPORTED DOWN SOUTH OF NORA
SPRINGS WHERE A 66 MPH MEASURED WIND GUST OCCURRED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
FLOYD AROUND 455 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HOWARDVILLE...IDLEWILDE STATE PARK...COUNTY ROADS B 20 AND S 70 AND
COUNTY ROADS B 20 AND T 26.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
LAT...LON 4320 9302 4321 9301 4321 9256 4298 9302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 226DEG 15KT 4317 9288
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
AJ590
WWUS53 KARX 212159
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
459 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
IAC067-212206-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-160921T2200Z/
FLOYD IA-
459 PM CDT WED SEP 21 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN FLOYD COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 500 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY IN
PRODUCING HAIL OR SEVERE WIND GUSTS. THEREFORE THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...A FLASH
FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. ADDITIONALLY...THE STORMS OVER
NORTHWEST FLOYD COUNTY COULD INTENSIFY AGAIN REQUIRING ANOTHER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALL WARNINGS AND
STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4320 9302 4321 9301 4321 9256 4298 9302
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 226DEG 15KT 4321 9283
$$
AJThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 6:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 6 hr |
| Sep 21, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Floyd | 51 min |
| Sep 21, 4:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Floyd | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd | 57 min |
| Sep 21, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Floyd | 40 min |
| Sep 21, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 35 min |
| Sep 21, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd | 44 min |
| Sep 21, 6:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Floyd | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Floyd | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 6:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 6 hr |
| Sep 21, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd | 32 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.