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Tornado Warning 5, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 22, 2016Dodge County, Minnesota

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 990 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

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

$$

DTJ
2 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

$$

DTJ
084 
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 

$$

DTJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningARXDodge22 min
Jun 22, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXOlmsted22 min
Jun 22, 9:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXDodge28 min
Jun 22, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXFillmore, Mower31 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.