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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1989, 7:56 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1989, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1989, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Buffalo, WI |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
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, May 29, 3:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, May 29, 5:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 530 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR ADJACENT AREAS NORTH OF LA CROSSE AND ALSO ADJACENT AREAS EAST OF LA CROSSE UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AS OF 530 PM CDT..A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED WELL NORTH AND EAST OF LACROSSE FROM 70 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE TO 50 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA CROSSE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST RAPIDLY AT 55 MILES PER HOUR. THE POTENTAIL FOR SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXISTS..THOUGH..FOR AREAS MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF LA CROSSE THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND THE LA CROSSE TRI STATE AREA ..ESPECIALLY HOLIDAY BOATERS AND CAMPERS..SHOULD STILL BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TELEVISION..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, May 29, 6:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 620 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR ADJACENT AREAS NORTH OF LA CROSSE AND ALSO ADJACENT AREAS EAST OF LA CROSSE UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AS OF 620 PM CDT..A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED WELL NORTH AND EAST OF LACROSSE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST RAPIDLY AT 55 MILES PER HOUR. RADAR INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE LA CROSSE AREA OR ADJACENT COUNTIES. THE POTENTAIL FOR SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXISTS..THOUGH..FOR AREAS MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF LA CROSSE THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND THE LA CROSSE TRI STATE AREA ..ESPECIALLY HOLIDAY BOATERS AND CAMPERS..SHOULD 4STILL BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TELEVISION..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, May 29, 7:07 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 705 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1989 ...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AT 7 00 PM THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE MOVING INTO NORTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY AROUND THE RED WIND AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WIKL BE MOVING INTO THE WABASHA AND ZUMBRO FALLS AREAS DURING THE NEXT HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AS OF 700 PM BUT PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA..ESPECIALLY PERSONS IN GOODHUE ...WABASHA AND WINONA COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF UTHREATENING WEATHER MOVES INTO YOUR AREA. CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. EFFERTZ
Special weather statement, May 29, 7:34 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 735 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR ADJACENT AREAS NORTH OF LA CROSSE AND ALSO ADJACENT AREAS EAST OF LA CROSSE UNTIL 9 PM CDT... AS OF 735 PM CDT..THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 60 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA CROSSE TO 70 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM AROUND DURAND TO NELSON WISCONSIN FROM 735 PM TO 800 PM CDT. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTAIL FOR HAIL AND WERE LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND THE LA CROSSE TRI STATE AREA ..ESPECIALLY HOLIDAY BOATERS AND CAMPERS..SHOULD STILL BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THIS EVENING. IF A STORM AFFECTS YOUR AREA.. GET OFF OF LAKES AND RIVERS. STAY AWAY FROM OPEN FIELDS AND TALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TELEPHONE POLES. REMEMBER..LIGHTNING IS A STORMS WORST KILLER. STAY TUNED TO RADIO..TELEVISION..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. THOMPSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 20 min |
| May 30, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford | 20 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.