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Tornado Warning 9, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2016, 10:31 PM CDT for Vernon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 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
- Jul 5, 2016, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 1788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1054 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.7
The text
As transmitted.
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WFUS53 KARX 060331
TORARX
WIC123-060400-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0009.160706T0331Z-160706T0400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1031 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 1031 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VIROQUA...MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER 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...
VIROQUA AROUND 1040 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
VIOLA... LIBERTY...READSTOWN...ROSS AND HIGHWAY 56 AND COUNTY N.
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 4355 9067 4343 9067 4342 9068 4342 9113
4356 9116 4356 9065 4355 9065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0331Z 269DEG 42KT 4347 9098
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DAB3 follow-up statements
718
WWUS53 KARX 060346
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1046 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
WIC123-060400-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160706T0400Z/
VERNON WI-
1046 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL VERNON COUNTY...
AT 1045 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR VIROQUA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL VERNON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
VIOLA...LIBERTY...READSTOWN...ROSS AND LIBERTY POLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4355 9067 4343 9067 4342 9068 4342 9094
4351 9092 4356 9065 4355 9065
TIME...MOT...LOC 0345Z 271DEG 28KT 4346 9086
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DAB071
WWUS53 KARX 060354
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1054 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
WIC123-060400-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160706T0400Z/
VERNON WI-
1054 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL VERNON COUNTY...
AT 1053 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR CLAYTON...OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VIROQUA...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. THE ROTATION HAS WEAKENED WITH
THIS STORM AS IT HAS MOVED EAST. A SMALL TORNADO THREAT
STILL EXISTS...BUT IT HAS LESSENED.
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
SOUTH CENTRAL VERNON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
VIOLA...READSTOWN...KICKAPOO CENTER...FOLSOM AND SUGAR GROVE.
THIS TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 11 PM.
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 4351 9067 4343 9067 4342 9068 4342 9087
4349 9081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 271DEG 28KT 4346 9078
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
DAB768
WWUS53 KARX 060359
SVSARX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1059 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
WIC123-060408-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160706T0400Z/
VERNON WI-
1059 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL VERNON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1100 PM CDT...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
LA CROSSE.
LAT...LON 4351 9067 4343 9067 4342 9068 4342 9087
4349 9081
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 269DEG 42KT 4346 9078
$$
DABThe 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, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | 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, 10:34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.