Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2017, 4:41 PM CDT for La Crosse County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin; Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 min. 6 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 17, 2017, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2017, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Winona County, MN, La Crosse County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 4:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 N New Hartford, MN | |
| May 17, 4:55 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 W Nodine, MN | |
| May 17, 5:06 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brice Prairie, WI | TREES DOWN |
| May 17, 5:06 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Brice Prairie, WI | TREES DOWN. |
| May 17, 5:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Galesville, WI | 8 INCH DIAMETER PINE TREE SNAPPED, 2-3 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN. |
| May 17, 5:18 PM CDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Holmen, WI |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
700
WUUS53 KARX 172141
SVRARX
MNC169-WIC063-121-172230-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0071.170517T2141Z-170517T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
441 PM CDT WED MAY 17 2017
The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Winona County in southeastern Minnesota...
Northwestern La Crosse County in west central Wisconsin...
Southern Trempealeau County in west central Wisconsin...
* Until 530 PM CDT
* At 440 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Houston, or
12 miles west of La Crescent, moving northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter 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...
Dakota around 455 PM CDT.
Brice Prairie and Holmen around 500 PM CDT.
Trempealeau around 505 PM CDT.
Galesville around 510 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include New
Hartford, Dresbach, Camp Decorah, Stevenstown and I 90 Exit 257.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southeastern
Minnesota...and west central Wisconsin.
LAT...LON 4403 9159 4403 9156 4404 9157 4422 9143
4406 9113 4385 9138 4385 9174
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 202DEG 33KT 4382 9155
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JSB1 follow-up statement
578
WWUS53 KARX 172201 RRA
SVSARX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
501 PM CDT WED MAY 17 2017
MNC169-WIC063-121-172230-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-170517T2230Z/
Winona MN-La Crosse WI-Trempealeau WI-
501 PM CDT WED MAY 17 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WINONA...NORTHWESTERN LA CROSSE AND SOUTHERN
TREMPEALEAU COUNTIES...
At 500 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Trempealeau, or
10 miles east of Winona, moving north at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. At 455 PM, quarter size hail was
reported at Nodine MN.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
This severe storm will be near...
Galesville around 510 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include New
Hartford, Dresbach, Camp Decorah, Stevenstown and I 90 Exit 257.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southeastern
Minnesota...and west central Wisconsin.
LAT...LON 4403 9159 4403 9156 4404 9157 4422 9143
4406 9113 4385 9138 4385 9174
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 202DEG 33KT 4400 9145
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JSBThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 44 min |
| May 16, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Trempealeau | 28 min |
| May 16, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 52 min |
| May 16, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 28 min |
| May 16, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 52 min |
| May 16, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 72 min |
| May 16, 9:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 4 hr |
| May 16, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Jackson | 93 min |
| May 16, 11:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 9 days |
| May 17, 12:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau | 116 min |
| May 17, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, La Crosse, Trempealeau | 37 min |
| May 17, 1:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau | 6 hr |
| May 17, 7:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau | 39 hr |
| May 17, 9:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Jackson | 4 days |
| May 17, 9:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Trempealeau | 5 days |
| May 17, 9:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 66 hr |
| May 17, 12:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | La Crosse, Trempealeau | 51 min |
| May 17, 12:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clark, Jackson, Trempealeau | 51 min |
| May 17, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clark | 25 min |
| May 17, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clark | 63 min |
| May 17, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Taylor | 29 min |
| May 17, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 27 min |
| May 17, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford | 38 min |
| May 17, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 46 min |
| May 17, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Vernon | 38 min |
| May 17, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Richland, Vernon | 39 min |
| May 17, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | La Crosse | 20 min |
| May 17, 5:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | La Crosse | 58 min |
| May 17, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe | 51 min |
| May 17, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau | 49 min |
| May 17, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Jackson | 24 min |
| May 17, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 33 min |
| May 17, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 17 min |
| May 17, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Jackson | 38 min |
| May 17, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, Juneau, Monroe | 65 min |
| May 17, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clark, Jackson | 23 min |
| May 17, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Jackson, Juneau, Monroe | 16 min |
| May 17, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams | 34 min |
| May 17, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark | 31 min |
| May 17, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 66 min |
| May 17, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams | 14 min |
| May 16, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha | 37 min |
| May 16, 11:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 40 min |
| May 16, 11:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 4 hr |
| May 17, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 57 min |
| May 17, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 115 min |
| May 17, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 103 min |
| May 17, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Olmsted, Winona | 40 min |
| May 17, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 48 min |
| May 17, 5:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Winona | 50 min |
| May 17, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 40 min |
| May 17, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 46 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.