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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 4, 2019Fillmore County, Mower County, Olmsted County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2019, 5:51 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Mower County, Olmsted County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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: Jun 4, 2019, 5:51 PM CDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2019, 6:45 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Fillmore County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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
Jun 4, 6:27 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	4 W Chatfield, MN	TRAINED SPOTTERS ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 70 MILES PER HOUR FOUR MILES WEST OF CHATFIELD
Jun 4, 6:27 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 70	4 W Chatfield, MN	TRAINED SPOTTERS ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 70 MILES PER HOUR FOUR MILES WEST OF CHATFIELD.

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
Jun 4, 4:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

997 
WUUS53 KARX 042251
SVRARX
MNC045-099-109-042345-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0013.190604T2251Z-190604T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
551 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019

The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Olmsted County in southeastern Minnesota...
  Mower County in southeastern Minnesota...
  Northwestern Fillmore County in southeastern Minnesota...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 550 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Rochester to 6 miles north of Austin, moving
  southeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Rochester around 555 PM CDT.
  Rose Creek around 610 PM CDT.
  Grand Meadow and Adams around 620 PM CDT.
  Le Roy around 635 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include I 90
Exit 218, Fillmore, Brookside Campground, Mayville, County Roads 4
And 8, Washington and Waltham.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4385 9305 4385 9263 4398 9231 4378 9219
      4351 9245 4350 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 295DEG 37KT 4397 9242 4376 9302 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

CA

1 follow-up statement

902 
WWUS53 KARX 042339
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
639 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019

MNC045-099-109-042347-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190604T2345Z/
Olmsted MN-Mower MN-Fillmore MN-
639 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN OLMSTED...MOWER
AND NORTHWESTERN FILLMORE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM CDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings still remain in effect for much of 
eastern Fillmore County and eastern Olmsted County.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for
southeastern Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4385 9305 4385 9263 4398 9231 4378 9219
      4351 9245 4350 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 337DEG 13KT 4364 9244 4350 9316 

$$

CA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Houston	93 min
Jun 4, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Fillmore, Mower	78 min
Jun 4, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Dodge	53 min
Jun 4, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Dodge, Olmsted	42 min
Jun 4, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Dodge, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona	79 min
Jun 4, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha	49 min
Jun 4, 5:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ARX	Dodge	3 hr
Jun 4, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Dodge, Olmsted	52 min
Jun 4, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Wabasha, Winona	62 min
Jun 4, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Olmsted, Winona	56 min
Jun 4, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Houston	57 min
Jun 4, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Houston, Winona	63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.