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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 15, 2021Winona County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2021, 7:59 PM CDT for Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 19 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 15, 2021, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2021, 8:18 PM CDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Winona County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2021-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 69 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2021-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
69 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2040 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

569 
WUUS53 KARX 160059
SVRARX
MNC169-160145-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0015.210516T0059Z-210516T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
759 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Winona County in southeastern Minnesota...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 758 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was between Beaver and 
  Minneiska, or 12 miles south of Alma, moving south at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Altura around 815 PM CDT.
  Rollingstone around 820 PM CDT.
  Stockton around 835 PM CDT.
  Lewiston around 840 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Whitewater State Park, Elba, Beaver, Whitman, County Roads 28 And 31,
Minnesota City and Lazy D Campground.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4419 9186 4418 9183 4416 9182 4413 9174
      4401 9162 4397 9203 4414 9208 4419 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 0058Z 338DEG 17KT 4416 9195 

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

DAS
1 follow-up statement
842 
WWUS53 KARX 160118
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
818 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

MNC169-160128-
/O.CAN.KARX.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210516T0145Z/
Winona MN-
818 PM CDT Sat May 15 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN WINONA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.  However small hail is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4419 9186 4418 9183 4416 9182 4413 9174
      4401 9162 4397 9203 4414 9208 4419 9208
TIME...MOT...LOC 0115Z 338DEG 17KT 4407 9190 

$$

DAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 7:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWabasha52 min
May 15, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXWinona52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2021Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

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.