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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 15, 2017Chickasaw County, Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2017, 6:37 PM CDT for Chickasaw County, Iowa. It was in force for 23 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 15, 2017, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Chickasaw County, IA

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2017-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 394 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2017-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

758 
WUUS53 KARX 152337
SVRARX
IAC037-160000-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0113.170615T2337Z-170616T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
637 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2017

The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Chickasaw County in northeastern Iowa...

* Until 700 PM CDT

* At 636 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tripoli, or
  12 miles south of New Hampton, moving east-northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Fredericksburg around 650 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Highway
18 And County V 56 and Republic.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4291 9246 4294 9247 4299 9208 4291 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 261DEG 34KT 4288 9232 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CA
1 follow-up statement
384 
WWUS53 KARX 152351
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
651 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2017

IAC037-160000-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-170616T0000Z/
Chickasaw IA-
651 PM CDT THU JUN 15 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHICKASAW COUNTY...

At 650 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sumner, or 13
miles southeast of New Hampton, moving east-northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. This storm has a history of 
         producing golf ball size hail.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees. 

this severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Chickasaw County, including the following locations:
Highway 18 And County V 56.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 4291 9234 4295 9235 4299 9208 4291 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 259DEG 34KT 4291 9214 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 6:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXChickasaw31 min
Jun 15, 6:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXFayette23 min

Nearby

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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.