Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 10, 1992, 6:50 PM CDT for Crawford County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 1992, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 1130 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLSE 102349
SVRLSE
WIC023-110030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
650 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
...CRAWFORD COUNTY
AT 650 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES SOUTH
OF LA CROSSE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR LYNXVILLE BY 655 PM.
THIS STORM WAS LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUIL DING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
THOMPSON
NNNNWhat 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, Apr 10, 4:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
WIZ010-014-102230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AREA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 425 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN OR DRIZZLE IN THE LA CROSSE AREA... AT 425 PM...LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WAS BEING REPORTED AROUND MOST OF THE LA CROSSE AREA. RADAR ALSO SHOWED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN LA CROSSE AND EAU CLAIRE AND BETWEEN SPARTA AND TOMAH... 30 TO 40 MILES EAST OF LA CROSSE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THROUGH 6 PM...LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME SLEET OR SMALL HAIL. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S WITH EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
WIZ010-014-102330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AREA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 520 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN OR DRIZZLE IN THE LA CROSSE AREA... AT 520 PM...RADAR SHOWED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE LA CROSSE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER THE CITY OF LA CROSSE AND NEAR HOUSTON MINNESOTA...15 MILES WEST OF LA CROSSE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THROUGH 7 PM...LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME SLEET OR SMALL HAIL. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S WITH EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
WIZ010-014-102330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AREA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 535 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL IN THE LA CROSSE AREA... AT 535 PM...RADAR SHOWED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE LA CROSSE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER AND JUST EAST OF THE CITY OF LA CROSSE AND WERE PRODUCING SMALL HAIL ABOUT THE SIZE OF PEAS AND MARBLES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THROUGH 7 PM...LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME SLEET OR SMALL HAIL. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S WITH EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 5:58 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
WIZ010-014-102330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AREA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 600 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL IN THE LA CROSSE AREA... AT 600 PM...RADAR SHOWED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY EAST AND SOUTH OF LA CROSSE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA CROSSE NEAR WESTBY. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED...BUT THIS STORM WAS PROBABLY PRODUCING SMALL HAIL ABOUT THE SIZE OF PEAS AND MARBLES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THROUGH 7 PM...LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME SLEET OR SMALL HAIL. TEwMPERATURES WILL STAY IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S WITH EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:24 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
WIZ010-014-110030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AREA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 625 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED WELL EAST AND SOUTH OF LA CROSSE... AT 625 PM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED WELL EAST AND SOUTH OF LA CROSSE. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 45 MILES EAST OF LA CROSSE NEAR GLENDALE. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED...BUT THIS STORM WAS PROBABLY PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THROUGH 8 PM...LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE AND THUNDER- STORMS STAY MAINLY EAST AND SOUTH OF THE LA CROSSE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL STAY IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 30S WITH EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 6:41 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
WIZ010-014-110030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AREA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 640 PM CDT FRI APR 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED WELL EAST AND SOUTH OF LA CROSSE... AT 640 PM...RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED WELL EAST AND SOUTH OF LA CROSSE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH OF LA CROSSE FROM LYNXVILLE TO GAYS MILLS. THESE STORMS WERE LIKELY PRODUCING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THROUGH 8 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING THROUGH AREAS 40 TO 60 MILES SOUTH OF LA CROSSE AND WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PERSONS FROM PRAIRIE DU CHIEN UP TO LYNXVILLE AND OVER TO GAYS MILLS SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. THOMPSON
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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.