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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 25, 2021Taylor County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2021, 5:01 PM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 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 25, 2021, 5:01 PM CDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Taylor County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 25, 2:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 202 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: 96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

742 
WUUS53 KARX 252201
SVRARX
WIC119-252245-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0020.210525T2201Z-210525T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
501 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Taylor County in north central Wisconsin...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 500 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rib Lake, or
  16 miles north of Medford, moving east at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  northern Taylor County, including the following locations... Wood
  Lake, North Twin Lake, The Mondeaux Flowage, Highway 13 And County
  Road M, The Miller Dam Flowage, County Roads D And N and Highway M
  And Joe Martin Road.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4522 9005 4519 9092 4538 9092 4538 9005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 267DEG 35KT 4536 9022 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Wetenkamp

2 follow-up statements

931 
WWUS53 KARX 252222
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
522 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

WIC119-252245-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210525T2245Z/
Taylor WI-
522 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY...

At 521 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rib Lake, or 
19 miles northeast of Medford, moving east at 15 mph. Additional 
strong to possibly severe thunderstorms were moving across north-
central Taylor County. 

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northern Taylor County, including the following locations... Wood
Lake, North Twin Lake, The Mondeaux Flowage, Highway 13 And County
Road M, The Miller Dam Flowage, County Roads D And N and Highway M
And Joe Martin Road.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4522 9005 4519 9092 4538 9092 4538 9005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 270DEG 13KT 4536 9010 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Wetenkamp

646 
WWUS53 KARX 252244
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
544 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

WIC119-252253-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210525T2245Z/
Taylor WI-
544 PM CDT Tue May 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small 
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with 
thunderstorms moving through the county.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
north central Wisconsin.

LAT...LON 4522 9005 4519 9092 4538 9092 4538 9005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 267DEG 35KT 4537 8979 

$$

Wetenkamp

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo	60 min
May 25, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Taylor	54 min
May 25, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Trempealeau	28 min
May 25, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	40 min
May 25, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark, Jackson	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.