Tornado Warning 8, NWS La Crosse, WI

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
504 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

WIC043-072215-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210807T2215Z/
Grant WI-
504 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY...
    
At 504 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Muscoda, or 16 miles south of Richland Center,
moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely.

Locations impacted include...
Red Oak Ridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4309 9054 4314 9054 4317 9043 4306 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 277DEG 21KT 4311 9044 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

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Rieck

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Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
513 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

WIC043-072222-
/O.EXP.KARX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210807T2215Z/
Grant WI-
513 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GRANT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
515 PM CDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4309 9054 4314 9054 4317 9043 4306 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 268DEG 23KT 4311 9038 

$$

Rieck

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
236 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Sunday)
Issued at 236 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

TODAY...Current satellite imagery places the meridionally
elongated positivelytilted upper-level trough over eastern WY into
western NE. Primary convection has been focused downstream of the
trough axis from eastern NE into northern IA and southeastern
MN/western WI. This morning's lingering precipitation has appeared
to temporarily halt northerly progression of the surface frontal
boundary based on repeated post frontal convection firing in
northeast IA. If/when the warm front progresses, low-level
moisture transport concentrates into central MN and western WI.
Similarly, the NAM & RAP take higher CAPE values further north
than the GFS/ECMWF based on the warm sector inclusion. The
concavity of the hodographs within the warm sector increase into
the afternoon favoring right moving supercells containing max
helicity values ~375 m2/s2. RAP 0-3km shear has increased for this
afternoon to >40 kts with 0-6km shear remaining at 40-50kts. A
few storms could produce large hail and localized flooding with
precipitable water values nearing 2.00 inches. Isolated tornadic
activity also remains possible, dependent on frontal set up and
the ability of elevated convection to become surface-based.

TONIGHT...The upper level trough continues it's eastward
progression overnight, bringing our forecast area into a primary
area for synoptic ascent. Surface boundaries are forecasted to
continue their north and eastward progression associated with the
upper & mid-level forcing. Moisture transport increases across
central IA into SE MN near midnight local time tonight.
Precipitable water values increase to >2 inches along this
moisture transport axis, progressing eastward in the early morning
hours directed towards central WI. Convective allowing models
continue evening convection through the overnight hours, with the
HRRR and NAM4km including a training area of higher reflectivity
in our forecast area. While the exact location of localized heavy
rainfall remains more variable, the synoptic-level variables such
as absolute vorticity advection remain favorable for increased
convective activity in the early morning tomorrow. The combination
of synoptic-level forcing with such high precipitable water
values can result in anomalous precipitation in the early morning
hours. Currently, RAP shear remains 20-30kt at 0-3kt and minimal
0-6km shear indicating smalled likelihood for organized convection
at this time. Will still be important to keep an eye on set up
overnight for the possibility of storms repeating over the same
areas.

.LONG TERM...(Sunday night through Saturday)
Issued at 236 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

Water vapor satellite today indicates the approaching long wave
trough extended from the wester Dakotas into northern Colorado and
was working east toward the region. The pattern ahead of this
trough continues to look to be very messy with numerous short wave
troughs out ahead of and embedded in the long wave trough.
Depending on how tonight's convection evolves, will have an impact
on where the boundaries will set up for Sunday. At this time,
there is good agreement from the hi-res meso-scale models that the
convection that develops tonight should exit/end early Sunday
morning. The attention then looks to be focused on a stronger
short wave trough embedded in the equatorial end of the long wave
trough that should be swinging across far southern Iowa and
Missouri in the late afternoon and evening and translating into
Illinois overnight. The low level moisture transport axis will
gradually shift east ahead of the short wave trough and looks to
briefly be focused into southwest Wisconsin in the late afternoon
before shifting farther south closer to the main short wave
trough. With only around 25 knots of shear in the 0- 3 km layer,
would not expect much potential for hail or winds with the
activity that develops in the moisture transport axis across the
eastern parts of the area. The bigger threat will be for heavy
rains with warm cloud depths in the 3.5 to 4 km range and
precipitable water amounts approaching 2 inches. This activity
should primarily be southeast of where most of the
convection/heavy rains are expected to occur tonight. Thus not
anticipating the need for a flash flood watch at this time, but of
course, that can change based on what happens during the
overnight.

Attention will then quickly turn to Tuesday with the next system
coming in and the potential for severe weather. The system
currently just off the western British Columbia coast will quickly
rotate across the northern Rockies and should be entering the
Upper Midwest Tuesday afternoon. This system looks to have a
rather potent short wave trough embedded in the equatorial end of
the long wave trough that will be entering western Minnesota by
late in the day. In the low levels, the surface boundary looks to
possibly be a bit out ahead of the upper level support but an area
of low pressure could be moving along the front and be over or
near the local area. This type of set up looks to put the best
deep layer shear behind the front but there could still be around
30 knots in the 0-3 km layer over the boundary. Ample CAPE looks
to be in place ahead of the front with the possibility of 3000+
J/kg MLCAPE. Some signals of enhanced 0-1km shear along a warm
front extending from western Wisconsin into the southeastern part
of the state. These signals would suggest that all severe threats
could be in play Tuesday afternoon along with the potential for
another heavy rain episode. The low level moisture transport looks
to be focused into the warm front with warm cloud depths of 3.5
to 4 km and precipitable water amounts again around 2 inches.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Sunday afternoon)
Issued at 1204 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

Convection is expected to continue on and off for much of the
afternoon around and over both airports. If any of these move over
either site they will have the potential to quickly produce
MVFR/IFR condition. There are some indication in the hi-res meso-
scale models that this activity could move just far enough to the
east to drop back to VCTS by mid-afternoon, but with ongoing
moisture transport into the nearly stationary warm front over the
area, this is a very low confidence outcome. More activity is
expected to develop this evening and continue into the overnight
along and north of the warm front that should impact both sites.
For now, will go with MVFR conditions from this but some IFR not
out of the question at times. Most of the convection should move
off to the east late tonight/early Sunday morning but leave behind
MVFR ceilings and possibly some visibility reductions from fog.

&&

.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...None.
MN...None.
IA...None.
&&

SHORT TERM...JAR
LONG TERM...04
AVIATION...04

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
249 AM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-
032>034-041>044-053>055-061-081200-
Mitchell-Howard-Winneshiek-Allamakee-Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette-
Clayton-Wabasha-Dodge-Olmsted-Winona-Mower-Fillmore-Houston-
Taylor-Clark-Buffalo-Trempealeau-Jackson-La Crosse-Monroe-Juneau-
Adams-Vernon-Crawford-Richland-Grant-
249 AM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast
Minnesota...northeast Iowa and southwest into central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Periods of thunderstorms are likely through tonight with a few
severe storms possible. The main hazards will be large hail,
damaging winds and torrential rainfall. An isolated tornado is
also possible. Localized flooding could occur if storms repeat
over the same area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Additional thunderstorms are expected Sunday into Sunday night. A
few storms could produce strong winds and hail. Any storms also
will be capable of producing torrential rainfall.

Periodic thunderstorm chances will continue for most of next week.
At this time it is too early to discern any severe weather threat.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter reports may be needed at times this weekend.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

No webinar is scheduled.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
426 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NNE BARRE MILLS       43.85N 91.11W
08/07/2021  M5.50 INCH       LA CROSSE          WI   PUBLIC

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JAR

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
427 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0329 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 SE ONALASKA           43.86N 91.19W
08/07/2021  M4.75 INCH       LA CROSSE          WI   PUBLIC

&&

JAR

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
435 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0429 PM     TSTM WND GST     BOSCOBEL                43.14N 90.70W
08/07/2021  E60 MPH          GRANT              WI   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            POWER POLES DAMAGED.

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
444 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0439 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SW BLUE RIVER         43.14N 90.61W
08/07/2021                   GRANT              WI   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LARGE TREES DOWN EAST OF BOSCOBEL. TWO
            PUBLIC REPORTS OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THIS
            AREA.

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
450 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0441 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E BOSCOBEL            43.13N 90.62W
08/07/2021                   GRANT              WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREES DOWN AND MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED
            SOUTHEAST OF BOSCOBEL.

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
452 PM CDT SAT AUG 7 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 PM     TORNADO          3 S BLUE RIVER          43.15N 90.57W
08/07/2021                   GRANT              WI   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            BLUE RIVER FIRE DEPT REPORTED A TORNADO ON
            THE GROUND SOUTH OF BLUE RIVER NEAR COUNTY
            HIGHWAY T.

&&