Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS La Crosse, WI

Issued

Jul 20, 1987, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)

Expired

Jul 20, 1987, 3:25 PM CDT

In force

57 min

Issued by

NWS La Crosse, WI

Area

Whole counties

Counties Buffalo County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI

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

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
228 PM CDT MON JUL 20 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 325 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY OF

WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTHERN HALF OF BUFFALO AND TREMPEALEAU
COUNTIES

WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO
NORTHERN TREMPEALEAU AND BUFFALO COUNTIES.  THESE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NG MOVING INTO THE TOWNS OF STRUM AND PIGEON
FALLS OF TREMPEALEAU COUNTY BY 235 PM CDT AND MONDOVI AND GILMONTON
OF BUFFALO COUNTY BY 235 PM CDT.

THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE CITY OF WHITEHALL
IN TREMPEALEAU COUNTY AND NORTH OF ALMA IN BUFFALO COUNTY.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY IF THREATING WEATHER IS SIGHTED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR..DEADLY LIGHTNING..HAIL 3/4 INCH OR MORE IN DIAMETER..AND
HEAVY RAIN THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS.

REMEMBER..SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITHOUT WARNING.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..GO FOR SAFE SHELTER IN A
REINFORCED BUILDING SUCH AS YOUR HOME.  IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE..
LIE IN A DITCH OR CULVERT AND STAY AWAY FROM TREES AND
TELEPHONE POLES.

SCHNEIDER

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
145 PM CDT MON JUL 20 1987

...VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN HAS
BEEN KEEPING SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR TO THE NORTH AND WARM MOIST AIR TO
THE SOUTH. THIS HAS SET UP A VERY UNSTABLE WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE
TWO STATES AND THIS MORNING THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SET OFF.

VERY INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEASTWARD
THROUGH THE NORTHERN THIRD OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEASTWARD AT 40 MILES AN HOUR
THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN BUFFALO
COUNTY BY 200 PM AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF TEMPEALEAU AND JACKSON
COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY 230 PM CDT.

THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING WINDS GUSTS BETWEEN
50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

PERSONS IN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT
FOR POSSIBLE HAIL..LIGHTNING AND EVEN A TORNADO WITH THESE VERY
STRONG STORMS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORING THESE STORMS
FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TELEVISION..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR THE
LATEST INFORMATION.

SCHNEIDER

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

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.