Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 5, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2016, 8:43 PM CDT for Dodge County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 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, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 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), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
904
WFUS53 KARX 230143
TORARX
MNC039-230215-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0005.160623T0143Z-160623T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
843 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 915 PM CDT
* AT 842 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WEST CONCORD...OR 7 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...
DODGE CENTER AND MANTORVILLE AROUND 855 PM CDT.
KASSON AROUND 900 PM CDT.
HAYFIELD AROUND 905 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 9297 4420 9289 4410 9268 4394 9268
4387 9288 4404 9305 4413 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 307DEG 30KT 4411 9295
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
DTJ2 follow-up statements
143
WWUS53 KARX 230202
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
902 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
MNC039-230215-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160623T0215Z/
DODGE MN-
902 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR DODGE
COUNTY...
AT 901 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER KASSON...OR NEAR DODGE CENTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
DODGE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
COUNTY ROADS 6 AND 9.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4420 9289 4410 9268 4394 9268 4387 9288
4404 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0201Z 307DEG 29KT 4401 9279
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.75IN
$$
DTJ084
WWUS53 KARX 230212
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
912 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
MNC039-230221-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160623T0215Z/
DODGE MN-
912 PM CDT WED JUN 22 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR DODGE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED OVER THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER HAIL IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4420 9289 4410 9268 4394 9268 4387 9288
4404 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 307DEG 30KT 4401 9279
$$
DTJThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Dodge | 22 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.