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Tornado Warning 5, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2020, 7:18 PM CDT for Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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 2, 2020, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2020, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.5 in
County Mower County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 2, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
444
WFUS53 KARX 030018
TORARX
MNC099-030045-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0005.200603T0018Z-200603T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
718 PM CDT Tue Jun 2 2020
The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Mower County in southeastern Minnesota...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 718 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Rose Creek, or 10 miles east of Austin, moving
east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
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.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Mower County, including the following locations...
County Roads 4 And 8, I 90 Exit 187, Elkton, Taopi and County Roads
4 And 3.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 4359 9284 4367 9284 4370 9245 4352 9245
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 274DEG 29KT 4363 9277
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
CA2 follow-up statements
732
WWUS53 KARX 030026
SVSARX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
726 PM CDT Tue Jun 2 2020
MNC099-030045-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-200603T0045Z/
Mower MN-
726 PM CDT Tue Jun 2 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MOWER COUNTY...
At 725 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Adams, or 14 miles east of Austin, moving east at 35
mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Adams, Elkton, Taopi, County Roads 4 And 8 and County Roads 4 And 3.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4357 9274 4367 9278 4370 9245 4352 9245
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 274DEG 29KT 4363 9268
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.50IN
$$
CA182
WWUS53 KARX 030038
SVSARX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
738 PM CDT Tue Jun 2 2020
MNC099-030047-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-200603T0045Z/
Mower MN-
738 PM CDT Tue Jun 2 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MOWER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
745 PM CDT...
The rotation which prompted the warning has weakened and no longer
appears capable of producing a tornado. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.
A Severe Thunderstorm Warning does still remains in effect for the
area through 8 PM.
In addition, a Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until
midnight CDT for southeastern Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4357 9274 4367 9278 4370 9245 4352 9245
TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 274DEG 29KT 4362 9256
$$
CAThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Olmsted | 44 min |
| Jun 2, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mower | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Houston | 64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.