Lightning from thunderstorms over southeast Minnesota struck three homes in southeast Minnesota. The lightning damaged a roof and destroyed a light switch in Rochester (Olmsted County).
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Lightning from thunderstorms over southeast Minnesota struck three homes in southeast Minnesota. The lightning damaged a roof and destroyed a light switch in Rochester (Olmsted County).
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 14, 2:52 PM CST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 352 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT TONIGHT...THE 14.12Z MODELS ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A TROUGH WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. AS THIS TROUGH APPROACHES THE AREA THIS EVENING...THE MOISTURE TRANSPORT WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN... NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THIS WILL AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. THE HRRR AND MESO NAM/WRF SUGGEST THAT THE AREAL COVERAGE OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH 15.03Z TONIGHT...AND THEN GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN GENERALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WHILE THE NAM/WRF SUGGESTS 1 TO 2 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT...THE OTHER MODELS AND THE 14.09Z SREF PLUMES SUGGEST PRECIPITATION TOTALS AROUND A HALF INCH OF PRECIPITATION. WITH THE DEEP WARM CLOUD LAYER DEPTHS STAYING GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE AREA...THINK THAT THE NAM/WRF IS LIKELY OVERDOING THE PRECIPITATION TOTALS. ON WEDNESDAY...THE MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE TROUGH WILL MOVE STEADILY NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. AS THIS OCCURS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY END ACROSS THESE AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON. SINCE THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ENDING ACROSS THIS AREA SOONER...WENT ALONG WITH THE CONS_ALL AND RAISED THE TEMPERATURES ABOUT A CATEGORY IN THESE AREAS. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...THE MODELS SUGGEST THAT THIS TROUGH WILL BE MUCH SLOWER EXITING WESTERN WISCONSIN. THIS IS DUE TO SOME INTERACTION WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW. FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...THE MODELS HAVE DIFFERING SOLUTIONS ON THE PLACEMENT OF A CLOSED 500 MB LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE NAM/WRF KEEPS THIS SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST INTO ONTARIO. THIS ALLOWS RIDGING TO QUICKLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. MEANWHILE THE GFS/GEM/ECMWF SUGGEST THAT THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL SLOW ITS EASTERN PROGRESSION ACROSS EASTERN WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN. DUE TO THIS...THESE MODELS LINGER SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION. SINCE THE NAM/WRF APPEARS TO BE AN OUTLIER...WENT MORE WITH A BLEND OF THE OTHER MODELS. IN ADDITION...WENT WITH MORE CLOUDS AND LOWERED THURSDAY/S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES A BIT ACROSS OUR WISCONSIN COUNTIES. ON THURSDAY NIGHT...THE NAM/WRF CONTINUES TO BE OUTLIER AS IT BRINGS AN INVERTED TROUGH INTO THE REGION. MEANWHILE THE GEM... GFS...AND ECMWF SUGGEST THAT MUCH OF THE AREA WILL BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF RIDGING. SINCE THE NAM/WRF LOOKED LIKE AN OUTLIER... TRENDED DRY FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...THERE CONTINUES TO BE MUCH MORE UNCERTAINTY WITH THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES. THE NAM/WRF CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH A SHORT WAVE MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MEANWHILE THE 14.12Z ECMWF WAS MUCH LESS PROGRESSIVE THAN ITS 14.00Z RUN. EVEN THOUGH THE CONS_ALL HAD WENT HIGHER WITH IT PRECIPITATION CHANCES...DECIDED TO GO WITH THE ECMWF WHICH TYPICALLY DOES BETTER DURING FOR THESE TIME PERIODS. DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...IT CONTINUES TO LOOK LIKE THERE WILL BE A VERY QUICK TRANSITION IN THE UPPER AIR PATTERN. THIS IS MAINLY A RESULT OF A RAPIDLY PROGRESSING KELVIN WAVE MOVING THROUGH INDONESIA. THIS WAVE IS INVIGORATING THE EAST ASIAN JET...AND THIS WILL LIKELY PROGRESS RAPIDLY EASTWARD. THIS IN TURN SHOULD AMPLIFY THE RIDGE OFF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST. DUE TO ABNORMALLY COLD WATER ACROSS THIS REGION OF NORTHEAST PACIFIC...THIS RIDGE HAS BEEN A NEARLY PERMANENT FEATURE SINCE THE SPRING. A WITH THE AMPLIFYING RIDGE...A LONG WAVE TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY ACROSS THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND THEN MOVE QUICKLY EAST TOWARD OUR AREA. WHILE THERE ARE TIMING DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS...THE MODELS DO SHOW THIS EVOLUTION. STRONG WARMING WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THIS TROUGH. THE 14.00Z ECMWF HAD 850 MB TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES OF 2 TO 2.5 STANDARD DEVIATION MODELS...SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER QUICK RISE IN TEMPERATURES TOWARD 90 DEGREES OR EVEN HIGHER...AND FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER RAPID COOL DOWN. && .AVIATION...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AVIATION CONCERNS CENTER ON HOW MUCH IMPACT RAIN SHOWERS WILL HAVE NEXT 24 HOURS AND OVERALL CEILING CONDITION ONCE TROUGH PASSES. SHORT WAVE MOVING OUT OF THE PLAINS AHEAD OF MEAN TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE MORE AND MORE SHOWER ACTIVITY HEAVING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. INITIAL DRIER TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL OFFSET RAIN CHANCES AND CLOUD BASES BUT AS LIFT CONTINUES AHEAD OF WAVE AND PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO FILL IN...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO GRADUALLY WORSEN TO MVFR FROM WEST TO EAST TONIGHT. TRIED TO TIME BEST THREAT FOR SHOWERS WITH MINIMAL THUNDER RISK BUT PASSING WAVE SHOULD BRING GRADUAL END TO RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. UNCLEAR ON AMOUNT OF DRYING IN LOWER LEVELS AS WAVE MOVES BY WEDNESDAY MORNING SO OPTED FOR SLOWER IMPROVEMENT AND IFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS LINGERING FOR AWHILE. && .ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. && SHORT/LONG TERM...BOYNE AVIATION...SHEA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 436 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041-042- 053>055-061-151200- ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE-FAYETTE-FILLMORE- FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER- OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA- 436 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHEAST IOWA. LIGHTNING AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WOULD BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THESE STORMS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS PERIOD...BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO DISCERN WHEN OR WHAT TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER COULD OCCUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH FRIDAY. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. WIZ017-029-043-044-151200- ADAMS-CLARK-JUNEAU-TAYLOR- 436 AM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. LIGHTNING WOULD BE THE MAIN HAZARD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY AND ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THESE STORMS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS PERIOD... BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO DISCERN WHEN OR WHAT TYPES OF SEVERE WEATHER COULD OCCUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH FRIDAY. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. AJ
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:22 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning strikes hit three different homes and damaged a roof and destroyed a light switch.
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