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Tornado Warning 4, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 22, 2016Dodge County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2016, 8:23 PM CDT for Dodge County, Minnesota. It was in force for 22 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: Jun 22, 2016, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

County Dodge County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 99 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: 990 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1119 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 7.4

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The text

As transmitted.

148 
WFUS53 KARX 230123
TORARX
MNC039-230145-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0004.160623T0123Z-160623T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
823 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
    
* AT 822 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR KENYON...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  OWATONNA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST CONCORD AND CLAREMONT AROUND 840 PM CDT. 
  DODGE CENTER...MANTORVILLE AND KASSON AROUND 845 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WASIOJA...CONCORD...EDEN AND RICE LAKE STATE PARK.

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 4420 9304 4419 9268 4407 9268 4395 9292
      4406 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 308DEG 32KT 4421 9307 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

DTJ

1 follow-up statement

374 
WWUS53 KARX 230136
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
836 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

MNC039-230145-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160623T0145Z/
DODGE MN-
836 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
DODGE COUNTY...
    
AT 835 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER WEST CONCORD...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF DODGE
CENTER... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MANTORVILLE AND DODGE CENTER AROUND 850 PM CDT. 
  KASSON AROUND 855 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WASIOJA...CONCORD...EDEN...HIGHWAY 57 AND 570TH STREET AND RICE LAKE
STATE PARK.

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 4420 9304 4419 9268 4407 9268 4395 9292
      4406 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 308DEG 32KT 4414 9294 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN

$$

DTJ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 8:43 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Dodge	32 min
Jun 22, 9:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Olmsted	22 min
Jun 22, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Dodge	28 min
Jun 22, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Fillmore, Mower	31 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.