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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 2, 2021Monroe County, Vernon County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2021, 6:52 PM CDT for Monroe County, Vernon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 min. 5 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 2, 2021, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2021, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Monroe County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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 2, 7:00 PM CDTHAIL 1Ontario, WIPUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
May 2, 7:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.25Ontario, WIPUBLIC REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL VIA BROADCAST MEDIA SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURE.
May 2, 7:00 PM CDTHAIL 1.5Ontario, WIPUBLIC MEASURED PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL VIA SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURE.
May 2, 7:04 PM CDTHAIL 1.52 E Ontario, WIPUBLIC REPORTED PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL VIA BROADCAST MEDIA SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURE.
May 2, 7:20 PM CDTHAIL 11 Nw Kendall, WIPUBLIC REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL VIA BROADCAST MEDIA SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2021-05-02Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2021-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 202 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
1571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
312 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

133 
WUUS53 KARX 022352
SVRARX
WIC081-123-030030-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0010.210502T2352Z-210503T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
652 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Vernon County in southwestern Wisconsin...
  Southeastern Monroe County in west central Wisconsin...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 652 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles east of
  Cashton, or 15 miles south of Tomah, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Hillsboro around 720 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Rockton,
Oil City, Wildcat Mountain State Park, Bartons Corners, Wilton,
Clifton and Glendale.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4364 9062 4384 9062 4393 9031 4364 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 267DEG 16KT 4376 9054 

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

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2 follow-up statements
053 
WWUS53 KARX 030007
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
707 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

WIC081-123-030030-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210503T0030Z/
Vernon WI-Monroe WI-
707 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN VERNON AND SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES...

At 707 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
Elroy, or 15 miles south of Tomah, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

This severe storm will be near...
  Hillsboro around 720 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Rockton,
Oil City, Wildcat Mountain State Park, Bartons Corners, Wilton,
Clifton and Glendale.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4364 9062 4384 9062 4393 9031 4364 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 267DEG 16KT 4376 9045 

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

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133 
WWUS53 KARX 030025
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
725 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

WIC081-123-030034-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210503T0030Z/
Vernon WI-Monroe WI-
725 PM CDT Sun May 2 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN VERNON AND
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty 
winds and locally heavy rain are still possible with other 
storms. 

LAT...LON 4364 9062 4384 9062 4393 9031 4364 9031
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 267DEG 16KT 4376 9037 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTrempealeau34 min
May 2, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTrempealeau47 min
May 2, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo, Trempealeau40 min
May 2, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson, La Crosse, Trempealeau29 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.