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Tornado Warning 13, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 27, 2019Fillmore County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2019, 2:11 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Minnesota. It was in force for 16 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: May 27, 2019, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2019, 2:27 PM CDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.0 in

County Fillmore County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 961 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

200 
WFUS53 KARX 271911
TORARX
MNC045-271945-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0013.190527T1911Z-190527T1945Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
211 PM CDT Mon May 27 2019

The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Fillmore County in southeastern Minnesota...

* Until 245 PM CDT.

* At 210 PM CDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Carimona, 
  moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

  SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed tornado.

  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.

* The tornado will be near...
  Preston around 220 PM CDT.
  Fountain around 225 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Forestville State Park, Carimona, Pilot Mound, Old Barn Campground,
Isinours, Hutton and Fillmore.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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.

Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 4385 9226 4385 9196 4360 9203 4359 9228
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 211DEG 25KT 4364 9216 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

Lawrence

1 follow-up statement

435 
WWUS53 KARX 271927
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
227 PM CDT Mon May 27 2019

MNC045-271937-
/O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190527T1945Z/
Fillmore MN-
227 PM CDT Mon May 27 2019

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL FILLMORE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
La Crosse.

LAT...LON 4385 9226 4385 9196 4360 9203 4359 9228
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 211DEG 25KT 4374 9207 

$$

DL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 1:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Mower	45 min
May 27, 1:40 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	ARX	Fillmore	50 min
May 27, 1:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ARX	Fillmore, Olmsted	19 min
May 27, 2:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Fillmore	10 min
May 27, 6:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Winona	20 hr

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.