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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 2026, 2:30 PM CDT for Crawford County, Grant County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 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
- Aug 21, 2026, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2026, 3:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 20, 6:49 PM CDT, 19 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 6:49 PM CDT, 19 hours 41 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Howard, Mitchell | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Howard | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard, Winneshiek | 38 min |
| Aug 21, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clayton | 17 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.