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Tornado Warning 13, NWS La Crosse, WI
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 4:43 PM CDT | TORNADO | 1 Sw Mauston, WI | CORRECTS 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 CDT | TORNADO | 1 Sw Mauston, WI | THIS 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 CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mauston, WI | CONFIRMED TORNADO. DAMAGE TO HOSPITAL AND GROUNDS. |
| Jun 15, 4:47 PM CDT | TORNADO 1 | Mauston, WI | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM MAUSTON. CONFIRMED TORNADO BY SPOTTER. DAMAGE TO HOSPITAL AND GROUNDS. |
| Jun 15, 4:50 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mauston, WI | FLIPPED TRAILERS AND POLES DOWN. ROOFS BLOWN OVER. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Jun 15, 4:58 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mauston, WI | REPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN. |
| Jun 15, 5:05 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Mauston, WI | STREET 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 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.
- 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
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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Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Jackson | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Jackson | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 11:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | La Crosse | 42 min |
| Jun 15, 12:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Monroe | 55 min |
| Jun 15, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant | 28 min |
| Jun 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau, Monroe | 81 min |
| Jun 15, 3:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau, Monroe | 61 min |
| Jun 15, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Vernon | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Jackson | 10 min |
| Jun 15, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Richland | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant, Richland | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Adams | 41 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.