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Tornado Warning 3, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2025, 2:53 PM CDT for Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2025, 2:53 PM CDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2025, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Wabasha County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 15, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 515 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
953
WFUS53 KARX 151953
TORARX
MNC157-152030-
/O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0003.250515T1953Z-250515T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
253 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025
The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Western Wabasha County in southeastern Minnesota...
* Until 330 PM CDT.
* At 253 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles south of Stockholm, or 14 miles west of
Wabasha, moving northeast at 40 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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
western Wabasha County, including the following locations...
Jarrett, Bremen, Oak Center, Theilman, Maple Springs, Millville,
and Gilbert Valley.
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 4445 9239 4445 9224 4444 9221 4442 9212
4441 9211 4441 9208 4417 9227 4419 9232
4420 9233 4436 9243
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 205DEG 33KT 4433 9232
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
Cecava2 follow-up statements
700
WWUS53 KARX 152001
SVSARX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
301 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025
MNC157-152030-
/O.CON.KARX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250515T2030Z/
Wabasha MN-
301 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL WABASHA COUNTY...
At 301 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Stockholm, or 11 miles west of Wabasha, moving
northeast at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Theilman, Maple Springs, Gilbert Valley, County Roads 33 And 4, and
Highway 63 And County 2.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 4445 9239 4445 9224 4444 9221 4442 9212
4441 9211 4441 9208 4428 9219 4442 9237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 205DEG 33KT 4440 9228
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
$$
Cecava285
WWUS53 KARX 152015
SVSARX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
315 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025
MNC157-152024-
/O.CAN.KARX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-250515T2030Z/
Wabasha MN-
315 PM CDT Thu May 15 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WABASHA COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM CDT for southeastern
Minnesota...and west central Wisconsin.
&&
LAT...LON 4445 9239 4445 9224 4444 9221 4442 9212
4441 9211 4441 9208 4428 9219 4442 9237
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 205DEG 33KT 4451 9221
$$
CecavaThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha | 31 min |
| May 15, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 46 min |
| May 15, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 34 min |
| May 15, 3:21 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 15, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston, Winona | 20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.