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Tornado Warning 7, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 5, 2016Buffalo County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2016, 9:08 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 min. 3 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, 9:08 PM CDT (02:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Buffalo County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 5, 9:10 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Nw Cream, WI	A EF-1 TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGES TO A HOUSE AND OUTBUILDINGS. PIECES OF THE OUTBUILDINGS WERE THROWN ACROSS A FIELD. THE ESTIMATED PEAK WIND SPEED WAS 100 MPH. THE PATH LENGTH WAS A HALF MILE AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS 300 YARDS.
Jul 5, 9:13 PM CDT	TORNADO	2 Nnw Waumandee, WI	AN EF1 TORNADO TOOK OFF THE SECOND FLOOR OF A HUNTING STRUCTURE. ESTIMATED PEAK WIND WAS 105 MPH. THE PATH LENGTH WAS A HALF MILE AND THE PATH WIDTH WAS 100 YARDS.
Jul 5, 9:24 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 N Cream, WI	144 X 60 FT MACHINE SHED DESTROYED IN THE LAST 10 MIN. TREES DOWN. ALONG HWY 88.

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 5, 4:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 288 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: 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.

204 
WFUS53 KARX 060208
TORARX
WIC011-060245-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0007.160706T0208Z-160706T0245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL BUFFALO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT
    
* AT 907 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR MODENA...OR NEAR ALMA...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. 

* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  EAST CENTRAL BUFFALO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
  WAUMANDEE...MONTANA...PRAAG...HEROLD AND CREAM.

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 4441 9187 4449 9153 4429 9153 4430 9185
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 259DEG 38KT 4437 9180 

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

$$

DAB

2 follow-up statements

848 
WWUS53 KARX 060216
SVSARX

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

WIC011-060245-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160706T0245Z/
BUFFALO WI-
916 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BUFFALO COUNTY...
        
AT 915 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MODENA...OR 10 MILES EAST OF ALMA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. LOFTED TORNADO DEBRIS WAS DETECTED
         BY THE DOPPLER RADAR NORTH OF CREAM. 

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...
WAUMANDEE...MONTANA...PRAAG...CREAM AND LOOKOUT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4440 9181 4449 9153 4429 9153 4430 9181
TIME...MOT...LOC 0215Z 252DEG 37KT 4436 9171 

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

$$

DAB

635 
WWUS53 KARX 060222
SVSARX

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

WIC011-060245-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160706T0245Z/
BUFFALO WI-
922 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL BUFFALO COUNTY...
        
AT 921 PM CDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ARCADIA...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO. 

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...
MONTANA...AND RURAL LOCATIONS EAST-NORTHEAST OF MONTANA.  

TAKE COVER NOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4437 9170 4445 9153 4429 9153 4431 9167
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 264DEG 45KT 4435 9159 

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

$$

DAB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	38 min
Jul 5, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	56 min
Jul 5, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo	45 min
Jul 5, 9:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	46 min
Jul 5, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon	56 min
Jul 5, 10:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Jackson, Monroe	30 min
Jul 5, 10:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Vernon	29 min
Jul 5, 10:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Crawford	41 min
Jul 5, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Juneau, Monroe, Richland, Vernon	45 min
Jul 5, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Adams, Juneau	62 min
Jul 5, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Grant	61 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.