Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 10, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2016, 4:21 PM CDT for Jackson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 27 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
- Sep 6, 2016, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2016, 4:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Jackson County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1042 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
788
WFUS53 KARX 062121
TORARX
WIC053-062200-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0010.160906T2121Z-160906T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
421 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 500 PM CDT
* AT 420 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MILLSTON...OR 15 MILES EAST OF BLACK
RIVER FALLS... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
CITY POINT...PIGEON CREEK CAMPGROUND...I 94 EXIT 128...BEAR BLUFF
TOWNSHIP AND POTTERS FLOWAGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4415 9032 4416 9032 4416 9071 4432 9071
4435 9032 4426 9032 4424 9031 4418 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 268DEG 32KT 4424 9054
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
DTJ2 follow-up statements
536
WWUS53 KARX 062134
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
434 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016
WIC053-062200-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160906T2200Z/
JACKSON WI-
434 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY...
AT 433 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 12 MILES EAST OF MILLSTON...OR 16 MILES NORTH OF TOMAH...
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POTTERS FLOWAGE AND BEAR BLUFF TOWNSHIP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4415 9032 4416 9032 4416 9066 4431 9053
4435 9032 4426 9032 4424 9031 4418 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 271DEG 30KT 4422 9040
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
DTJ106
WWUS53 KARX 062148
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
448 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016
WIC053-062158-
/O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160906T2200Z/
JACKSON WI-
448 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA.
LAT...LON 4415 9032 4416 9032 4416 9066 4431 9053
4435 9032 4426 9032 4424 9031 4418 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 268DEG 32KT 4422 9021
$$
DTJThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Buffalo | 33 min |
| Sep 6, 9:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Taylor | 3 hr |
| Sep 6, 10:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Buffalo | 60 min |
| Sep 6, 10:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clark | 67 min |
| Sep 6, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 33 min |
| Sep 6, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Jackson, Trempealeau | 52 min |
| Sep 6, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Jackson, Trempealeau | 45 min |
| Sep 6, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson | 38 min |
| Sep 6, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 66 min |
| Sep 6, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Buffalo, Clark, Trempealeau | 64 min |
| Sep 6, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clark, Jackson, Trempealeau | 53 min |
| Sep 6, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Monroe | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.