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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI

October 10, 2021Taylor County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Oct 10, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 15 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
Oct 10, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT (06:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 2021, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
30

County Taylor County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 00:00Z on 2021-10-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2021-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
718 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

752 
WWUS83 KARX 100600
SPSARX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
100 AM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021
 
WIZ017-100615-
Taylor WI-
100 AM CDT Sun Oct 10 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Taylor
County through 115 AM CDT...

At 1259 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Rib Lake, or 17 miles northeast of Medford, moving north at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Rib Lake, Camp Forest Spring and Wood Lake. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4524 9005 4531 9026 4538 9024 4538 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 0559Z 196DEG 22KT 4532 9009 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

$$

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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.