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Tornado Warning 13, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 15, 2022Juneau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2022, 4:27 PM CDT for Juneau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 min. 7 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
Jun 15, 2022, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2022, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

County Juneau County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 4:43 PM CDTTORNADO1 Sw Mauston, WICORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 1 SW MAUSTON. THIS TORNADO TRACKED APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES FROM JUST SOUTH OF MAUSTON TOWARDS THE WISCONSIN RIVER WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS AROUND 90 MPH PRODUCING TREE DAMAGE AND SOME STRUCTURE DAMAGE NEAR MAUSTON.
Jun 15, 4:43 PM CDTTORNADO1 Sw Mauston, WITHIS TORNADO TRACKED APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES FROM JUST SOUTH OF MAUSTON TOWARDS THE WISCONSIN RIVER WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS AROUND 100 MPH PRODUCING TREE DAMAGE AND SOME STRUCTURE DAMAGE NEAR MAUSTON.
Jun 15, 4:47 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMauston, WICONFIRMED TORNADO. DAMAGE TO HOSPITAL AND GROUNDS.
Jun 15, 4:47 PM CDTTORNADO 1Mauston, WICORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM MAUSTON. CONFIRMED TORNADO BY SPOTTER. DAMAGE TO HOSPITAL AND GROUNDS.
Jun 15, 4:50 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMauston, WIFLIPPED TRAILERS AND POLES DOWN. ROOFS BLOWN OVER. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 15, 4:58 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMauston, WIREPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN.
Jun 15, 5:05 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMauston, WISTREET SIGNS DOWN, SIGNAL LIGHTS DAMAGED.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 15, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 2022-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1556 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 2022-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 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
1556 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted.

328 
WFUS53 KARX 152127
TORARX
WIC057-152200-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0013.220615T2127Z-220615T2200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
427 PM CDT Wed Jun 15 2022

The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Juneau County in central Wisconsin...

* Until 500 PM CDT.
    
* At 427 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Hillsboro, or 15 miles southwest of Mauston,
  moving northeast at 35 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.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Elroy and Wonewoc around 435 PM CDT.
  Mauston around 450 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Lindina, Union Center, Pleasant Ridge and Mullin Ridge.

This includes Interstate 90/94 between mile markers 65 and 69.
 
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.

&&

LAT...LON 4364 9031 4374 9031 4388 9005 4364 9005
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 239DEG 32KT 4367 9032 

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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 2:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXJackson36 min
Jun 15, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark, Jackson32 min
Jun 15, 11:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXLa Crosse42 min
Jun 15, 12:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXMonroe55 min
Jun 15, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXLa Crosse, Monroe, Vernon43 min
Jun 15, 3:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford, Grant28 min
Jun 15, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland, Vernon40 min
Jun 15, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams, Juneau, Monroe81 min
Jun 15, 3:59 PM CDTTornado WarningARXAdams, Juneau, Monroe61 min
Jun 15, 4:07 PM CDTTornado WarningARXVernon38 min
Jun 15, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningARXJackson10 min
Jun 15, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningARXRichland40 min
Jun 15, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningARXGrant, Richland26 min
Jun 15, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningARXAdams, Juneau43 min
Jun 15, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams34 min
Jun 15, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams, Juneau32 min
Jun 15, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningARXAdams41 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.