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Tornado Warning 6, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 5, 2016Wabasha County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2016, 8:26 PM CDT for Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 min. 2 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
Jul 5, 2016, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.75 in

County Wabasha County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 8:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG8 N Zumbro Falls, MNTREE DOWN ON BARN 3 MILES EAST OF BELLCHESTER ALONG CR 9 NEAR CR 82.
Jul 5, 8:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG8 Wsw Lake City, MNTREE DOWN ON BARN 3 MILES EAST OF BELLCHESTER ALONG CR 9 NEAR CR 82

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 5, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 326 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 505 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
505 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-125 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

235 
WFUS53 KARX 060126
TORARX
MNC157-060200-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0006.160706T0126Z-160706T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
826 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 826 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
  TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WERE LOCATED NEAR
  FRONTENAC...OR 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RED WING...MOVING EAST AT 50
  MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  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. 

* THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WABASHA AROUND 845 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HIGHWAY 63 AND COUNTY 2...MAPLE SPRINGS...GILBERT VALLEY AND COUNTY
ROADS 33 AND 4.

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 4445 9243 4445 9224 4444 9221 4442 9212
      4441 9211 4440 9206 4439 9204 4438 9201
      4436 9243
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 265DEG 42KT 4441 9238 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

DAB
2 follow-up statements
685 
WWUS53 KARX 060138
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
838 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

MNC157-060200-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160706T0200Z/
WABASHA MN-
838 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WABASHA COUNTY...

AT 837 PM CDT...A SEVERE SQUALL LINE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BOTH
TORNADOES AND EXTENSIVE STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE WAS LOCATED NEAR
PEPIN...OR 8 MILES WEST OF WABASHA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

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. 

THESE DANGEROUS STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WABASHA AROUND 845 PM CDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MAPLE
SPRINGS.

LAT...LON 4445 9231 4445 9224 4444 9221 4442 9212
      4441 9211 4440 9206 4439 9204 4438 9201
      4437 9230
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 264DEG 41KT 4442 9221 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

RIECK
146 
WWUS53 KARX 060146
SVSARX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
846 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

MNC157-060200-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160706T0200Z/
WABASHA MN-
846 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WABASHA COUNTY...
    
AT 844 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WABASHA...MOVING
EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR COUNTY HIGHWAYS 10
         AND 77 N FAR NORTHERN WABASHA COUNTY. THIS IS JUST
         NORTHWEST OF WABASHA. 
         

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
NORTH CENTRAL WABASHA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
MAPLE SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4444 9223 4445 9224 4444 9221 4442 9212
      4441 9211 4440 9206 4439 9204 4439 9206
      4438 9212
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 263DEG 37KT 4441 9208 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

DAB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXDodge, Wabasha83 min
Jul 5, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXDodge, Olmsted, Wabasha72 min
Jul 5, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinona56 min
Jul 5, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXOlmsted, Wabasha45 min
Jul 5, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXHouston, Winona56 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.