Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2021, 3:52 PM CDT for Crawford County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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
- Aug 7, 2021, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Crawford County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 4:22 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | 4 Ssw Clayton, WI | PUBLIC REPORT VIA CRAWFORD COUNTY EM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1645 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1006 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
950
WUUS53 KARX 072052
SVRARX
WIC023-072130-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0069.210807T2052Z-210807T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
352 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Crawford County in southwestern Wisconsin...
* Until 430 PM CDT.
* At 351 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles northeast
of Harpers Ferry, or 14 miles east of Lansing, moving northeast at
25 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Seneca, Soldiers Grove, Gays Mills, Mount Sterling, Ferryville,
Bell Center, Horrigan Ridge, Fairview, Petersburg, Rolling Ground,
Joy Hollow, Crowley Ridge and Montgomeryville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4336 9108 4342 9094 4342 9067 4328 9067
4320 9097
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 244DEG 23KT 4332 9094
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Rieck2 follow-up statements
905
WWUS53 KARX 072055
SVSARX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
355 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
WIC023-072130-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-210807T2130Z/
Crawford WI-
355 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...
At 355 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles northeast
of Harpers Ferry, or 15 miles south of Viroqua, moving northeast at
25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Seneca, Soldiers Grove, Gays Mills, Mount Sterling, Bell Center,
Horrigan Ridge, Highway 131 And County B, Fairview, Petersburg,
Rolling Ground, Crowley Ridge and Montgomeryville.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 4333 9106 4342 9094 4342 9067 4328 9067
4320 9097
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 244DEG 23KT 4333 9091
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Rieck557
WWUS53 KARX 072126
SVSARX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
426 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
WIC023-072136-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0069.000000T0000Z-210807T2130Z/
Crawford WI-
426 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM CDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However hail and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 4333 9106 4342 9094 4342 9067 4328 9067
4320 9097
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 244DEG 23KT 4341 9068
$$
RieckThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 6:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Buffalo | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 7:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | La Crosse | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 9:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Juneau | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 10:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Adams | 33 min |
| Aug 7, 11:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Crawford | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 11:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Vernon | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford, Richland, Vernon | 21 min |
| Aug 7, 12:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Richland | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 12:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Buffalo | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 58 min |
| Aug 7, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | La Crosse | 27 min |
| Aug 7, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | La Crosse | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 2:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | La Crosse, Trempealeau | 112 min |
| Aug 7, 3:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Monroe, Vernon | 21 days |
| Aug 7, 3:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 4 days |
| Aug 7, 3:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 4 days |
| Aug 7, 3:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 61 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 19 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | La Crosse | 74 min |
| Aug 7, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Vernon | 73 min |
| Aug 7, 3:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Vernon | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Crawford | 30 min |
| Aug 7, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 4:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant | 19 min |
| Aug 7, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Juneau, Monroe, Vernon | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 6:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Jackson, Juneau and 5 more | 35 hr |
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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.