Hail in Minnesota, July 19, 2004

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
300 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2004

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT

FORECAST FOCUS ON CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL TODAY...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
SEVERE THREAT.  RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT
TERM PERIOD ALSO IN THE FOREFRONT.

07Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM THE
ONT/MB BORDER...DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST TIP OF MN TO CENTRAL SD.
HIGH PRESSURE WAS RIDGING FROM MO UP THROUGH IL INTO MICH. BETWEEN
THE TWO...SOUTHERLY FLOW HAD RE-ESTABLISHED ITSELF.  SOME
CONVECTION DEVELOPED NEAR THE FRONT LAST EVENING...BUT THAT HAD DIED
BY MIDNIGHT.  MID-LEVEL CASTELLANUS WERE EVIDENT PER THE SATELLITE
FOG ENHANCEMENT IMAGERY FROM MN ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND NORTHERN
WI.  BY 06Z...CONVECTION HAD FORMED FROM THESE AS THEY DROP
SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA.

00Z 19JULY04 MODELS SEEMED TO BE IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT WITH MOST
MASS FIELDS INITIALLY...BUT AGAIN THE GFS DEVIATES FROM THE OTHER
MODELS BY TUESDAY...TIED TO CONVECTION AND FEEDBACK PROBLEMS. AGAIN
DO NOT LIKE HOW THE GFS DEVELOPS CONVECTION ACROSS THE DAKOTAS
TONIGHT...AND THEN TRACKS THE RESULTING MESOSCALE FEATURES INTO THE
AREA ON TUESDAY.  GFS SEEMS OVERDONE AGAIN.  HOWEVER...THE IDEA OF
CONVECTION OUT THERE HAS SOME MERIT...AS IT INITIALIZED THE SHORT
WAVE OVER IDAHO...WHICH WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ACTIVITY.  ETA
HAS TRENDED TOWARD HAVING A WAVE TRAVERSE THE RIDGE. OVERALL...WILL
SIDE WITH THE ETA...BUT WILL TAKE SOME GFS INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL.

FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST TOWARD FORECAST AREA
TODAY...AND BY 00Z EXPECT IT TO RUN FROM ABOUT KMDZ-KTOB-KFOD. AHEAD
OF THE FRONT...AIRMASS WILL HAVE AMPLE TIME TO BUILD INSTABILITY...
WITH MODELS FORECASTING 2000-4000 J/KG OF CAPE. 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR
REMAINS ABOVE 35 KTS AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY...AND NEAR 40 OVER IA.
EHI OVER 4 AND VGP OVER 3.5.  ALL FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELL
DEVELOPMENT. EXPECT STORMS TO FIRE DURING PEAK HEATING TIME BY MID
AFTERNOON...AND ANYTHING THAT GOES UP AHEAD OF THE LINE COULD BECOME
SUPERCELLULAR.  STORMS NEARER THE FRONT AND THOSE TOWARD EVENING
SHOULD BE MORE OF A MULTICELL STRUCTURE.  WILL HIGHLIGHT SEVERE
POTENTIAL IN MORNING HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.

BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFUSE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...
WITH CONVECTION SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH INTO THE BETTER INSTABILITY
AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT. SHOULD SEE A BRIEF BREAK ANY THE RAIN THREAT
FOR A TIME TUESDAY MORNING...BUT THE AFOREMENTIONED WAVE HEADED
THROUGH THE DAKOTAS ON TUESDAY SHOULD ASSIST REDEVELOPMENT AGAIN
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IF ANY REMNANT BOUNDARIES LINGER FROM
THE EXPECTED CONVECTION TONIGHT.  WILL LEAVE LOW POP IN THE FORECAST
IN CASE.  AS THE WAVE APPROACHES TUESDAY NIGHT...STRONG WARM
ADVECTION AND THETA-E ADVECTION FOCUSES ON SOUTHERN MN.  EXPECT
ADDITIONAL CONVECTION TO FIRE IN THAT GENERAL AREA AND HEAD SOUTHEAST
ACROSS EASTERN IA AND NORTHERN IL.  STILL ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY WITH THE
STRENGTH OF THE WAVE AND THE RESULTING THERMODYNAMIC FORCING...SO
WILL LEAVE POPS IN THE 30/40 RANGE.  IF THE SIGNALS BECOME MORE
CLEAR...POPS MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED.

WILL MAINTAIN RAIN CHANCES INTO WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
RECENT AMPLIFIED RIDGE/TROUGH PATTERN BREAKING DOWN AS SEVERAL WAVES
CRASH OVER THE RIDGE.  HARD TO TIME ANY DETAIL AT THIS POINT WITH
THIS PATTERN SHIFT.

IN THE TEMPERATURE DEPARTMENT...GUIDANCE IS CLOSE FOR THE MOST
PART...BUT GFS MUCH COOLER TUESDAY WITH THE EFFECTS OF THE CONVECTIVE
FEEDBACK.  REALLY ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS NEEDED TO THE PREVIOUS
FORECAST.

.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

LOOKS LIKE THE FLOW WILL STEER THE DISTURBANCES NORTH AND SOUTH OF
THE REGION FOR MEDIUM RANGE PERIOD.  NO CHANGES MADE TO THE
GRIDS BEYOND THURSDAY.

.ARX...WATCHES/WARNING/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
WI...NONE.
MN...NONE.

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MW

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
430 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2004

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-201100-
ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-DODGE-FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-HOWARD-
MITCHELL-MOWER-OLMSTED-WINNESHIEK-
430 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AN NORTHEAST IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE AND SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES SOUTHEASTWARD
ACROSS THE AREA. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE THIS
AFTERNOON AS HEATING AND MOISTURE INCREASE IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT.
THE WIND SHEAR PROFILE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR THE
FORMATION OF A FEW SUPERCELLULAR THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON. THE SEVERE THREATS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. THE SEVERE
THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

.DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT AS YET ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE HEADS INTO THE
AREA FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE A FEW OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-201100-
ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLARK-CRAWFORD-GRANT-HOUSTON-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-
MONROE-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-WABASHA-WINONA-
430 AM CDT MON JUL 19 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST...WEST
CENTRAL...AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE AND SURFACE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SINKS SOUTHEASTWARD
ACROSS THE AREA. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE THIS
AFTERNOON AS HEATING AND MOISTURE INCREASE IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT.
WIND SHEAR WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR PERHAPS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO
BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. THE CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

.DAY TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT AS YET ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE HEADS INTO THE
AREA FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE A FEW OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

DAS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1215 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1210 PM     HAIL             3 NE WHITEHALL          44.40N 91.27W
07/19/2004  1.00 INCH        TREMPEALEAU        WI   PUBLIC

            HAIL THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WAS REPORTED.

&&

SHEA

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1219 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1215 PM     HAIL             3 E WHITEHALL           44.37N 91.25W
07/19/2004  0.88 INCH        TREMPEALEAU        WI   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED. 3.50 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR
            TODAY IN RAIN GAUGE.

&&

SHEA

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1253 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1250 PM     HAIL             7 E GALESVILLE          44.08N 91.22W
07/19/2004  1.00 INCH        TREMPEALEAU        WI   NWS EMPLOYEE

            ALSO 45 MPH WIND GUSTS. LOCATION HIGHWAY 54 AND RIVER
            DRIVE NEAR BLACK RIVER.

&&

SHEA

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1258 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1250 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 E GALESVILLE          44.08N 91.24W
07/19/2004                   TREMPEALEAU        WI   NWS EMPLOYEE

            TREE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 54.

&&

SHEA

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
103 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1250 PM     HAIL             2 W NORTH BEND          44.10N 91.16W
07/19/2004  0.75 INCH        TREMPEALEAU        WI   PUBLIC

            ON JACKSON AND TREMPEALEAU COUNTY LINE.

&&

SHEA

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
129 PM CDT MON JUL 19 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0121 PM     HAIL             LA CROSSE               43.83N 91.23W
07/19/2004  1.75 INCH        LA CROSSE          WI   AMATEUR RADIO

            NUMEROUS REPORTS ON ONALASKA AND LA CROSSE.

0121 PM     HAIL             LA CROSSE               43.83N 91.23W
07/19/2004  1.75 INCH        LA CROSSE          WI   AMATEUR RADIO

            NUMEROUS REPORTS ON ONALASKA AND LA CROSSE.

0125 PM     HAIL             4 E LA CROSSE           43.83N 91.15W
07/19/2004  2.00 INCH        LA CROSSE          WI   NWS EMPLOYEE

            HAIL AT NWS LA CROSSE OF 2.25 INCHES. BROKEN WIND SHEILDS
            ALONG HIGHWAY 16 IN LA CROSSE.

&&

SHEA