A lightning strike from early morning thunderstorms on June 12th in the Austin area (Mower County) caused a garage to start on fire. No injuries occurred in the fire, but the garage was destroyed.
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A lightning strike from early morning thunderstorms on June 12th in the Austin area (Mower County) caused a garage to start on fire. No injuries occurred in the fire, but the garage was destroyed.
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 12, 2:18 AM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 318 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 318 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013 MAIN CONCERN FOR TODAY INTO THIS EARLY EVENING WILL BE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT ACROSS THE SOUTH. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY/RAP 500MB HEIGHT FIELD SHOWS A VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING OUT OF MT/WY INTO WESTERN ND/SD/NE. SURFACE MAP AS OF 2 AM HAD AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE KS/NE BORDER WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING ENE ALONG I-80 IN IA AND IL. 850MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT/ISENTROPIC LIFT AHEAD OF THE LOW AND OVER THE WARM FRONT WAS PRODUCING SCATTERED ELEVATED SHRA/TS ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA...WITH A MORE INVIGORATED N-S LINE OF STORMS ACROSS CENTRAL SD WHICH WAS HEADED EAST AROUND 50KT. RAP CORFIDI VECTORS TAKE THIS COMPLEX OF STORMS DUE EAST AT 55-65KT THIS MORNING...WHICH WOULD BRING IT INTO OUR AREA IN THE 7-9 AM TIME FRAME. MEANWHILE...A NEW COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE FIRING ACROSS NORTHWEST IA...MOVING TOWARD THE EAST. THIS CONVECTION WAS ROOTED A BIT CLOSER TO THE CAPE POOL JUST NORTH OF THE 925-850MB WARM FRONT. A COUPLE OBS IN SD WHERE THIS LINE PASSED RECORDED 43/48KT. HOWEVER...WRF MODELS...NAMELY THE 12.00Z NSSL WRF WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON THE CONVECTION RIGHT NOW...HAS THIS CONVECTION DECAYING AS IT MOVES INTO THE AREA IN THE 5-8AM TIME FRAME. WITH 0-3KM BULK SHEAR IN THE 40-50KT RANGE AND 0-3KM ML MUCAPE HOVERING IN THE 1000-2000J/KG...WILL HAVE TO WATCH THIS ONGOING CONVECTION CAREFULLY FOR A SEVERE WIND THREAT EARLY THIS MORNING. THERE THEN SEEMS TO BE A BREAK IN THE ACTION FROM MID-MORNING UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE THE MID-LEVEL TROUGH AND SURFACE LOW MOVE ACROSS EASTERN IA IN THE 18Z-21Z TIME FRAME. THIS TROUGH/STEEPENING MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES THEN INTERACTS WITH 2000-3500J/KG 0-1KM ML MUCAPE POOL IN PLACE SOUTH OF I-90 TO FIRE VIGOROUS/DEEP CONVECTION. COOLING MID LEVEL/STEEPER LAPSE RATES AND 0-3KM BULK SHEAR IN THE 20-40KT RANGE WILL SUPPORT A SEVERE HAIL/WIND THREAT SOUTH OF I-90. AND...WITH THE JUXTAPOSITION OF THE LOW/WARM FRONT PRODUCING FAVORABLE 0-3KM SRH...CANNOT RULE OUT A TORNADIC THREAT ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IA INTO FAR SOUTHWEST WI...NAMELY FAYETTE AND CLAYTON COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST IA AND GRANT COUNTY IN WI. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO A CONCERN WITH THIS CONVECTION AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES HOVER IN THE 1.5 TO 2 INCH RANGE. SEE HYDROLOGY SECTION BELOW FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL AND IMPACTS. PLAN ON THE LOW AND ASSOCIATED CONVECTION TO MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE THEN STARTS NOSING IN AFTER MIDNIGHT FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS FOR CLEARING SKIES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN CONTROL ON THURSDAY WITH PLEASANT TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND LOWER HUMIDITY LEVELS. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 318 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013 HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN CONTROL ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR A CONTINUED DRY RESPITE. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THOUGH...A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE PLAINS BEGINS TO SHOVE MOISTURE BACK INTO THE AREA...MAINLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FOR A CHANCE OF SHOWERS/ISOLATED THUNDER. FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...LOOK FOR LOW PRESSURE OVER CANADA TO SEND A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA. THIS WILL PRODUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER GIVEN 0-1KM ML MUCAPE IN THE 1500-3500J/KG AND MODEST AMOUNT OF 0-3KM BULK SHEAR. LINGERING MID-LEVEL TROUGH/FAIRLY STEEP LAPSE RATES ENOUGH TO WARRANT A LOWER-END SHRA/TS CHANCE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NORTHWEST FLOW AND ANOTHER WEAK MID-LEVEL TROUGH IN THIS FLOW PRODUCE ANOTHER SHRA/TS CHANCE ON TUESDAY. OTHERWISE... LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL BE RIGHT AROUND NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD...MAINLY IN THE 70S. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1105 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2013 BANDS OF SHRA/TS FIRING ALONG LINES OF CONVERGENCE...MOSTLY WELL ELEVATED WITH CIGS 10 KFT. SOME CHANGES IN THE MESO MODELS WITH HOW THEY HANDLE LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ENOUGH CONSENSUS THAT WILL LEAN THE TAFS TOWARD THESE SOLUTIONS...WHICH NOW BRING AN AREA OF SHRA/TS UP FROM NEB/WESTERN IA BY 09Z...EXITING BY 15Z OR SO. THERE STILL WILL BE A THREAT FOR STRONGER STORMS CAPABLE OF ENHANCED GUSTS...BUT PROBABLY NOT BASED ON AN ORGANIZED LINE OF STORMS WITH BOWING STRUCTURES. THERE COULD BE A BREAK FOR THE LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE THE PCPN THREAT INCREASES BY 21Z. CONFIDENCE INCREASING ENOUGH TO INCLUDE SHRA/TS MENTION FOR KRST/KLSE BY THIS TIME...BUT WILL HANG ONTO SOME VCSH BETWEEN THE MORNING AND LATE AFTERNOON CONVECTION. AGAIN...SOME THREAT FOR ENHANCED WIND GUSTS LATE AFTERNOON...BUT NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE TO ADD A TEMPO GROUP FOR THIS AS OF YET. STORMS AND CLOUDS EXIT SHORTLY AFTER 00Z THU...WITH SKC/SCT VFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHTER NORTHERLY WINDS THROUGH THE NIGHT TIME HOURS. && .HYDROLOGY...TODAY INTO THIS EVENING ISSUED AT 318 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013 FOR AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-90...EXPECTING RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM TODAY INTO THIS EVENING IN THE 0.75 TO 1.25 INCH RANGE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. GIVEN THE WET SOILS IN PLACE...PLAN ON SOME RUNOFF ISSUES WITH PONDING OF WATER AND SOME SIGNIFICANT WITHIN BANK RIVER RISES. ANY LONGER DURATION/HIGHER RAINFALL RATES WOULD INCREASE THE FLOODING POTENTIAL. STAY TUNED. && .ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DAS LONG TERM....DAS AVIATION.....RIECK HYDROLOGY....DAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 933 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2013 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-121000- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE- FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE- MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON- WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA- 933 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. SOME COULD BE STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE...MOSTLY AFTER 3 AM AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-90. DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN THREAT...WITH A CHANCE FOR LARGE HAIL. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TRACKING ACROSS THE REGION EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE. AGAIN... MOSTLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. DAMAGING WINDS WOULD REMAIN THE MAIN THREAT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST OF WEDNESDAY...WITH STILL SOME POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE STORMS SOUTH OF I-90. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. SEVERE WEATHER CANNOT BE RULED OUT...THOUGH THE TIMING OF WHEN IT WOULD OCCUR IS UNCERTAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... LOCALIZED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... PARTICULARLY BETWEEN 3 AND 9 AM. SOME GROUPS COULD BE NEEDED AGAIN LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. HALBACH/RIECK
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:51 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike from an early morning thunderstorm destroyed the garage at a home on the east side of Austin.
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