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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 23, 1986Buffalo County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1986, 5:10 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1986, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1986, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Buffalo County, WI

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1986-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1986-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
315 PM CDT MON JUN 23 1986

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH JACKSON COUNTY OF WEST
WISCONSIN...

AT 300 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED VERY STRONG
THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH JACKSON COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR MARSHFIELD IN WOOD COUNTY OF
WEST WISCONSIN TO NEAR MASON CITY IOWA.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35
MILES PER HOUR.

BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WIND CAN BE EXPECTED IN
LA CROSSE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS AS THESE STORMS PASS THROUGH THE
AREA BETWEEN NOW AND 500 PM CDT.

EVEN THOUGH THESE STORMS ARE NOT CURRENTLY SEVERE..PEOPLE SHOULD
STILL SEEK SHELTER AS THE STORMS APPROACH AND REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING
CAN KILL..AND DOES.

MILES
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
335 PM CDT MON JUN 23 1986

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN WISONSIN...

AT 330 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MARSHFIELD IN WOOD COUNTY OF WESTERN WISCONSIN TO
JUST EAST OF MASON CITY IOWA.  ONE VERY STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED 10
MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH LA CROSSE COUNTY AND ADJACENT
COUNTIES IN WESTERN WISCONSIN BETWEEN NOW AND 500 PM CDT.  PEOPLE IN
THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN..WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL
HAIL.

PEOPLE SHOULD STILL SEEK SHELTER AS THE STORMS APPROACH AND REMEMBER
THAT LIGHTNING CAN KILL..AND DOES.

MILES
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:20 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
420 PM CDT MON JUN 23 1986

... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
LACROSSE..BUFFALO..TREMPEALEAU..JACKSON AND MONROE COUNTIES IN WEST
WISCONSIN AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

AT 515 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG..WITH
ISOLATED SEVERE..THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 40 MILES
NORTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN TO NEAR MINNEAPOLIS.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR.

SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING NORTHERN PORTIONS OF BUFFALO
AND TREMPEALEAU COUNTIES ABOUT 515 PM CDT.  NO SEVERE WEATHER
CURRENTLY AFFECTS LA CROSSE AND SURROUNDING AREAS. HOWEVER..OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH MONROE AND VERNON COUNTIES OF
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.  HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WIND HAVE BEEN REPORTED
WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.

MILES
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:00 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
500 PM CDT MON JUN 23 1986

... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
LACROSSE..BUFFALO..TREMPEALEAU..JACKSON AND MONROE COUNTIES IN WEST
WISCONSIN AND PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

AT 455 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE
WISCONSIN TO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF MINNEAPOLIS.  THE STORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE ENTERING NORTHERN BUFFALO AND
TREMPEALEAU COUNTIES OF WESTERN WISCONSIN BY 515 PM CDT.  PEOPLE IN
THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THESE COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY
STRONG WIND AND HAIL AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN.

REMEMBER..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR THE FORMATION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA.  PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.

MILES
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:00 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
500 PM CDT MON JUN 23 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GOODHUE COUNTY...

AT 5PM CDT RADAR SHOWS AND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST
INTO GOODHUE COUNTY..EXTENDING FROM RED WING INTO SOUTHERN DAKOTA
COUNTY. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 4 PM HOWEVER A FEW
OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING
AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST THRU GOODHUE AND WABASHA COUNTIES BETWEEN
5 AND 6 PM. BOATERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.

AMANN

THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS W~AS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
TALLEY
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:02 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
500 PM CDT MON JUN 23 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO GOODHUE COUNTY...

AT 5PM CDT RADAR SHOWS AND AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SOUTHEAST
INTO GOODHUE COUNTY..EXTENDING FROM RED WING INTO SOUTHERN DAKOTA
COUNTY. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 4 PM HOWEVER A FEW
OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL..STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTING
AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST THRU GOODHUE AND WABASHA COUNTIES BETWEEN
5 AND 6 PM. BOATERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PORTION OF
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.

AMANN

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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.