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Tornado Warning 49, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 1, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT for Howard County, Iowa; Fillmore County, Minnesota. It was in force for 15 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
- Jul 1, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2026, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Howard County, IA, Fillmore County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 850 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1123 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted.
540 WFUS53 KARX 020200 TORARX IAC089-MNC045-020215- /O.NEW.KARX.TO.W.0049.260702T0200Z-260702T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Tornado Warning National Weather Service La Crosse WI 900 PM CDT Wed Jul 1 2026 The National Weather Service in La Crosse has issued a * Tornado Warning for... North central Howard County in northeastern Iowa... Southwestern Fillmore County in southeastern Minnesota... * Until 915 PM CDT. * At 859 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Lime Springs, or 12 miles northwest of Cresco, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...Tornado. SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. IMPACT...Expect damage to mobile homes, roofs, and vehicles. * This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central Howard and southwestern Fillmore Counties, including the following locations... Chester and York. 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 4343 9234 4349 9241 4358 9229 4351 9212 TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 226DEG 15KT 4348 9232 TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN $$ Naylor
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mitchell | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard, Mitchell | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 10:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Howard, Winneshiek | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 8:07 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Winneshiek | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 10:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mitchell | 33 min |
| Jul 2, 10:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 9 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek | 67 min |
| Jul 2, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Howard, Winneshiek | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fayette | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fayette | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 2:11 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Floyd | 71 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clayton | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 2:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 42 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 71 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clayton | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 2:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Winona | 6 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Mower | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Houston | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 9:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Dodge, Mower | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 9:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 12 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 29 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 110 min |
| Jul 2, 2:35 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 22 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:03 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 3 hr |
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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.