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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 11, 2021Monroe County, Vernon County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2021, 6:38 PM CDT for Monroe County, Vernon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 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 11, 2021, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2021, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Monroe County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 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 nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2021-06-11Temperature 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 2021-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1468 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

929 
WUUS53 KARX 112338
SVRARX
WIC081-123-120015-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0023.210611T2338Z-210612T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
638 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Vernon County in southwestern Wisconsin...
  Southern Monroe County in west central Wisconsin...

* Until 715 PM CDT.

* At 637 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cashton, or
  11 miles northeast of Viroqua, moving northeast at 30 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
  north central Vernon and southern Monroe Counties, including the
  following locations... Oil City, Jersey Valley County Park, St
  Marys, Wilton, Avalanche, Norwalk and Melvina.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4357 9070 4361 9088 4389 9081 4388 9040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 231DEG 25KT 4370 9075 

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

Wetenkamp
2 follow-up statements
608 
WWUS53 KARX 112348
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
648 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

WIC081-123-120015-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210612T0015Z/
Vernon WI-Monroe WI-
648 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL VERNON AND SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTIES...

At 648 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cashton, or 15
miles southeast of Sparta, moving northeast at 30 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Westby, Cashton, Norwalk, Ontario, Wilton, Ridgeville, Melvina, Oil
City, Jersey Valley County Park, St Marys, Avalanche, County Roads D
And P, Highway 82 And County D, Irish Ridge, Potts Corners, Newry and
Bloomingdale.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4357 9070 4361 9088 4389 9081 4388 9040
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 231DEG 25KT 4375 9067 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Wetenkamp
652 
WWUS53 KARX 120010
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
710 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

WIC081-123-120019-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210612T0015Z/
Vernon WI-Monroe WI-
710 PM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL VERNON AND
SOUTHERN MONROE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 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 are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 4357 9070 4361 9088 4389 9081 4388 9040
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 231DEG 25KT 4384 9052 

$$

Wetenkamp

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXJackson26 min
Jun 11, 1:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark, Taylor26 min
Jun 11, 2:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXTaylor23 min
Jun 11, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXJuneau37 min
Jun 11, 2:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXTaylor36 min
Jun 11, 2:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXAdams25 min
Jun 11, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXAdams33 min
Jun 11, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXAdams32 min
Jun 11, 6:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXClark, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland and 2 more60 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.