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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 9, 2022Buffalo County, Wisconsin; Wabasha County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2022, 7:13 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin; Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports 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: May 9, 2022, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2022, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Wabasha County, MN, Buffalo County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
May 9, 7:17 PM CDT	HAIL 1	4 E Bellechester, MN	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).
May 9, 7:22 PM CDT	HAIL 0.5	Lake City, MN	REPORT FROM MPING: HALF-INCH (0.50 IN.).
May 9, 7:31 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Lake City, MN	REPORT FROM MPING: QUARTER (1.00 IN.).

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

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 9, 2:50 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 116 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 923 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

284 
WUUS53 KARX 100013
SVRARX
MNC157-WIC011-100100-
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0021.220510T0013Z-220510T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
713 PM CDT Mon May 9 2022

The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Wabasha County in southeastern Minnesota...
  Northern Buffalo County in west central Wisconsin...

* Until 800 PM CDT.

* At 712 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Stockholm, or
  11 miles northwest of Wabasha, moving northeast at 30 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
  Mondovi around 800 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Maxville, Oak Center, Misha Mokwa, County Roads 33 And 4, Highway 63
And County 2, The Big Swamp Area and Maple Springs.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southeastern
Minnesota...and west central Wisconsin.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4437 9255 4437 9243 4445 9243 4445 9224
      4441 9209 4459 9202 4459 9153 4425 9255
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 244DEG 28KT 4448 9221 

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

$$

KAA

1 follow-up statement

238 
WWUS53 KARX 100046
SVSARX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
746 PM CDT Mon May 9 2022

MNC157-WIC011-100100-
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-220510T0100Z/
Wabasha MN-Buffalo WI-
746 PM CDT Mon May 9 2022

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL WABASHA AND NORTHERN BUFFALO COUNTIES...

At 745 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Durand, or 10
miles west of Mondovi, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Law enforcement. Around 730 PM, quarter sized hail was 
         reported near Lake City.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to 
         roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe storm will be near...
  Mondovi around 800 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include
Maxville, The Big Swamp Area, Maple Springs, Misha Mokwa, Urne,
County Roads 33 And 4 and Nelson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for southeastern
Minnesota...and west central Wisconsin.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4442 9209 4459 9202 4459 9153 4433 9232
      4445 9223
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 244DEG 28KT 4459 9188 

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

$$

KAA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 9, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo	56 min
May 9, 7:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Buffalo	46 min
May 9, 8:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, Trempealeau	57 min
May 9, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	61 min
May 9, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	32 min
May 9, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau	45 min
May 9, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Crawford, Vernon	66 min
May 9, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe	29 min
May 9, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Monroe	29 min
May 9, 10:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Richland, Vernon	46 min
May 9, 10:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Crawford	55 min
May 9, 11:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Juneau	44 min
May 9, 11:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Adams	21 min
May 9, 11:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Grant, Richland	36 min
May 9, 11:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Adams	23 min
May 9, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Wabasha	31 min
May 9, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Mower	64 min
May 9, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore	47 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.