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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 24, 2021Clark County, Jackson County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2021, 7:18 AM CDT for Clark County, Jackson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 72 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 24, 2021, 7:18 AM CDT (12:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2021, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
72 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clark County, WI, Jackson County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 24, 8:23 AM CDTHAIL 0.76 Se Riplinger, WI

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2021-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 58 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2021-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -33 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
58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-344 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1387 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

133 
WUUS53 KARX 241218
SVRARX
WIC019-053-241330-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0087.210824T1218Z-210824T1330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
718 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021

The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Clark County in central Wisconsin...
  Northeastern Jackson County in west central Wisconsin...

* Until 830 AM CDT.

* At 718 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Boyd to 8 miles north of Fairchild to 8 miles
  east of Blair, 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Neillsville, Loyal, Greenwood, Humbird, Hatfield, Shortville,
  Colby, Lynn, Longwood, Reseburg, Merrillan, Willard, Alma Center,
  Granton, Atwood and Tioga.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to 
localized flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4425 9032 4435 9092 4494 9092 4494 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1218Z 268DEG 33KT 4490 9103 4473 9095 4434 9107 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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5 follow-up statements
332 
WWUS53 KARX 241235
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
735 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021

WIC019-053-241330-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-210824T1330Z/
Clark WI-Jackson WI-
735 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT
FOR CLARK AND NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...

At 734 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Thorp to 8 miles west of Greenwood to near Black
River Falls, 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.

Locations impacted include...
Neillsville, Loyal, Greenwood, Humbird, Hatfield, Shortville, Colby,
Lynn, Longwood, Reseburg, Merrillan, Willard, Alma Center, Granton,
Unity, and Tioga.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to 
localized flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4425 9032 4435 9092 4494 9092 4494 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1234Z 270DEG 33KT 4490 9087 4473 9079 4434 9091 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Rieck
510 
WWUS53 KARX 241250
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
750 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021

WIC019-053-241330-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-210824T1330Z/
Clark WI-Jackson WI-
750 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT
FOR CLARK AND NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...

At 749 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Owen to 7 miles south of Loyal to near
Neillsville to near Hatfield, 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.

Locations impacted include...
Neillsville, Loyal, Greenwood, Humbird, Hatfield, Shortville, Colby,
Lynn, Longwood, Reseburg, Merrillan, Willard, Alma Center, Granton,
Unity, Atwood and Tioga.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to 
localized flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4425 9032 4435 9092 4494 9092 4494 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1249Z 279DEG 35KT 4490 9061 4463 9048 4452 9064 4433
9072

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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363 
WWUS53 KARX 241259
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
759 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021

WIC019-053-241330-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-210824T1330Z/
Clark WI-Jackson WI-
759 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT
FOR CLARK AND NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...

At 758 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Owen to 9 miles southeast of Loyal to Shortville
to 8 miles southeast of Hatfield, 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.

Locations impacted include...
Neillsville, Loyal, Greenwood, Hatfield, Shortville, Colby, Lynn, 
Longwood, Merrillan, Alma Center, Granton, Unity, City Point, 
Christie and Highway 10 And Bald Peak Road.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to 
localized flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded 
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4425 9032 4435 9092 4461 9087 4466 9070
      4494 9073 4494 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1258Z 270DEG 33KT 4489 9052 4462 9039 4451 9055 4432
9063

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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327 
WWUS53 KARX 241316
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
816 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021

WIC019-053-241330-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-210824T1330Z/
Clark WI-Jackson WI-
816 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLARK AND NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES...

At 815 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Colby to near Marshfield to 8 miles east of Shortville
to 14 miles northeast of Millston, 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.

Locations impacted include...
Neillsville, Loyal, Hatfield, Shortville, Colby, Lynn, Merrillan, 
Granton, Unity, City Point, Bruce Mound, Riplinger, and Chili.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4425 9032 4434 9085 4459 9082 4466 9054
      4494 9053 4494 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1315Z 270DEG 33KT 4489 9031 4462 9018 4451 9034 4432
9042

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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009 
WWUS53 KARX 241330
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
830 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021

WIC019-053-241339-
/O.EXP.KARX.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-210824T1330Z/
Clark WI-Jackson WI-
830 AM CDT Tue Aug 24 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLARK AND
NORTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 AM CDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe 
limits. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4425 9032 4434 9085 4459 9082 4466 9054
      4494 9053 4494 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 1329Z 268DEG 33KT 4489 9028 4462 9015 4451 9031 4432
9039

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 6:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXBuffalo, Trempealeau94 min
Aug 24, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson, Trempealeau40 min
Aug 24, 7:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXBuffalo72 min
Aug 24, 8:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXTrempealeau49 min
Aug 24, 9:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXClark, Taylor53 min
Aug 24, 10:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXAdams15 min
Aug 24, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningARXGrant40 min
Aug 24, 4:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.