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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 15, 2017Dodge County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2017, 10:17 PM CDT for Dodge County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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
May 15, 2017, 10:17 PM CDT (03:17 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2017, 10:40 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Dodge County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 15, 10:22 PM CDTHAIL 16 Wnw West Concord, MNDIME TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
May 15, 10:26 PM CDTHAIL 12 Nw West Concord, MN

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
May 15, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2017-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1282 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

522 
WUUS53 KARX 160317
SVRARX
MNC039-160415-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0049.170516T0317Z-170516T0415Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
1017 PM CDT MON MAY 15 2017

The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Dodge County in southeastern Minnesota...

* Until 1115 PM CDT

* At 1016 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Owatonna,
  moving northeast at 50 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Claremont around 1025 PM CDT. 
  West Concord around 1030 PM CDT. 
  Mantorville around 1035 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Wasioja,
Concord, Eden, County Roads 20 And 5 and Highway 57 And 570th Street.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9304 4419 9268 4407 9268 4401 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0316Z 247DEG 42KT 4410 9312 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JSB
4 follow-up statements
277 
WWUS53 KARX 160322
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
1022 PM CDT MON MAY 15 2017

MNC039-160415-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-170516T0415Z/
Dodge MN-
1022 PM CDT MON MAY 15 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY...

At 1022 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near West Concord,
or 10 miles northeast of Owatonna, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

This severe storm will be near...
  West Concord around 1030 PM CDT. 

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Concord,
County Roads 20 And 5, County Roads 1 And 24, Berne and Rice Lake
State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9304 4419 9268 4405 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 238DEG 44KT 4416 9303 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JSB
964 
WWUS53 KARX 160330
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
1030 PM CDT MON MAY 15 2017

MNC039-160415-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-170516T0415Z/
Dodge MN-
1030 PM CDT MON MAY 15 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY...

At 1030 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near West Concord,
or 11 miles northwest of Mantorville, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9304 4419 9268 4405 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 247DEG 42KT 4420 9291 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JSB
970 
WWUS53 KARX 160336
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
1036 PM CDT MON MAY 15 2017

MNC039-160415-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-170516T0415Z/
Dodge MN-
1036 PM CDT MON MAY 15 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY...

At 1035 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wanamingo, or
11 miles north of Mantorville, moving northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9304 4419 9268 4405 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0335Z 247DEG 42KT 4423 9282 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

JSB
960 
WWUS53 KARX 160340
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
1040 PM CDT MON MAY 15 2017

MNC039-160350-
/O.CAN.KARX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-170516T0415Z/
Dodge MN-
1040 PM CDT MON MAY 15 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 300 AM CDT for
southeast Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4420 9304 4419 9268 4405 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 247DEG 42KT 4425 9274 

$$

JSB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore, Houston, Winona67 min
May 15, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXOlmsted, Wabasha, Winona41 min
May 15, 11:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXHouston44 min
May 15, 11:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXWinona56 min
May 15, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXDodge33 min
May 15, 11:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryARXOlmsted, Wabasha, Winona3 hr
May 16, 12:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXOlmsted, Wabasha, Winona7 hr
May 16, 12:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXOlmsted, Winona22 hr
May 16, 6:58 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningARXHouston, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona9 hr
May 16, 3:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchARXDodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more13 hr
May 16, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXWabasha51 min
May 16, 4:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXOlmsted, Wabasha58 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.