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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 28, 2021Taylor County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2021, 8:19 PM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 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: Jul 28, 2021, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2021, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 56 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), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 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
Jul 28, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch PDS	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 203 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: 593 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -264 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

259 
WUUS53 KARX 290119
SVRARX
WIC119-290215-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0059.210729T0119Z-210729T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
819 PM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021

The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a

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

* Until 915 PM CDT.

* At 819 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ladysmith,
  moving southeast at 50 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 be near...
  Jump River around 835 PM CDT.
  Medford around 905 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Polley,
Stetsonville, Perkinstown, County Roads A And E, Esadore Lake,
Kathryn Lake and Gad.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4512 9017 4512 9020 4503 9020 4503 9092
      4538 9092 4538 9076
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 303DEG 45KT 4539 9105 

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

Rieck

3 follow-up statements

023 
WWUS53 KARX 290135
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
835 PM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021

WIC119-290215-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-210729T0215Z/
Taylor WI-
835 PM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR TAYLOR COUNTY...

At 835 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Sheldon, or 11
miles southeast of Ladysmith, moving southeast at 60 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 storm will be near...
  Jump River around 840 PM CDT.
  Medford around 910 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Polley,
Stetsonville, Perkinstown, County Roads A And E, Esadore Lake,
Kathryn Lake and Gad.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4512 9017 4512 9020 4503 9020 4503 9092
      4538 9092 4538 9076
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 302DEG 52KT 4533 9096 

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

Rieck

981 
WWUS53 KARX 290158
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
858 PM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021

WIC119-290215-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-210729T0215Z/
Taylor WI-
858 PM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR TAYLOR COUNTY...

At 857 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sheldon, or 18
miles southeast of Ladysmith, moving southeast 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
Taylor County, including the following locations... Polley,
Stetsonville, Perkinstown, County Roads A And E, Esadore Lake,
Kathryn Lake and Gad.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4512 9017 4512 9020 4503 9020 4503 9092
      4538 9092 4538 9076
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 309DEG 35KT 4522 9094 

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

Rieck

794 
WWUS53 KARX 290209
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
909 PM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021

WIC119-290218-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-210729T0215Z/
Taylor WI-
909 PM CDT Wed Jul 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TAYLOR COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
915 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.

Additional warnings may be issued this evening with damaging winds 
and large hail the main threats. 

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM CDT for
central and north central Wisconsin.

LAT...LON 4512 9017 4512 9020 4503 9020 4503 9092
      4538 9092 4538 9076
TIME...MOT...LOC 0208Z 303DEG 45KT 4516 9081 

$$

Rieck

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 7:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Taylor	51 min
Jul 28, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark	43 min
Jul 28, 9:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark, Jackson	57 min
Jul 28, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	46 min
Jul 28, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Adams, Jackson, Juneau	60 min
Jul 28, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Jackson, Monroe, Trempealeau	26 min
Jul 28, 11:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	La Crosse, Monroe	53 min
Jul 28, 11:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ARX	La Crosse	79 min
Jul 29, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Crawford, Grant	94 min
Jul 29, 1:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Grant	66 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.