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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 7, 2021Richland County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 12:19 PM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 26 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
Aug 7, 2021, 12:19 PM CDT (17:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
30

County Richland County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1645 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

871 
WWUS83 KARX 071719
SPSARX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
1219 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
WIZ055-071745-
Richland WI-
1219 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Richland
County through 1245 PM CDT...

At 1219 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles west of Richland Center, moving northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Richland Center, Rockbridge, Sylvan, Boaz, Yuba, County Roads D And N
N, Sabin, Highways 58 And 154, Woodstock, Gillingham, Bloom City,
Neptune, Buck Creek, County Roads A And Z, Five Points, Bosstown,
County Roads Z Z And Q, Hub City, Highways 80 And 56 and Ash Ridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4337 9021 4329 9061 4342 9067 4355 9048
      4355 9041
TIME...MOT...LOC 1719Z 237DEG 20KT 4338 9056 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

$$

Skow

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 6:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXBuffalo34 min
Aug 7, 7:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXLa Crosse35 min
Aug 7, 9:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXJuneau28 min
Aug 7, 10:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXAdams33 min
Aug 7, 11:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXCrawford28 min
Aug 7, 11:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXLa Crosse, Vernon27 min
Aug 7, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford, Richland, Vernon21 min
Aug 7, 12:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryARXBuffalo2 hr
Aug 7, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland, Vernon58 min
Aug 7, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXLa Crosse27 min
Aug 7, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXLa Crosse31 min
Aug 7, 2:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryARXLa Crosse, Trempealeau112 min
Aug 7, 3:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXMonroe, Vernon21 days
Aug 7, 3:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXVernon4 days
Aug 7, 3:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXRichland, Vernon4 days
Aug 7, 3:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXRichland, Vernon61 hr
Aug 7, 3:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXBuffalo, Trempealeau19 hr
Aug 7, 3:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryARXLa Crosse74 min
Aug 7, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXVernon73 min
Aug 7, 3:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXLa Crosse, Monroe3 hr
Aug 7, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXVernon55 min
Aug 7, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford38 min
Aug 7, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningARXCrawford30 min
Aug 7, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland40 min
Aug 7, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningARXCrawford, Grant41 min
Aug 7, 4:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXVernon3 hr
Aug 7, 4:56 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedARXGrant19 min
Aug 7, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau, Monroe, Vernon37 min
Aug 7, 6:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchARXAdams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Jackson, Juneau and 5 more35 hr
Aug 7, 7:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXWinona24 min
Aug 7, 10:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXOlmsted31 min
Aug 7, 10:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXDodge, Olmsted, Wabasha42 min
Aug 7, 11:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXWabasha31 min
Aug 7, 12:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXWabasha18 min
Aug 7, 12:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXOlmsted37 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.