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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 18, 2024Clayton County, Fayette County, Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2024, 10:22 PM CDT for Clayton County, Fayette County, Iowa. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2024, 10:22 PM CDT (03:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2024, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 274 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2024-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2225 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2024-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 387 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
2225 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
387 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
464 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.9
Supercell composite
22.4

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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.