Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 3:49 AM CDT for Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 17, 1992, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Trempealeau County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 4:20 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Trempealeau, WI | |
| Jun 17, 4:30 AM CDT | Hail 1 | Trempealeau, 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 528 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLSE 170849
SVRLSE
WIC121-170945-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
349 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...TREMPEALEAU COUNTY
AT 348 AM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER BUFFALO COUNTY
...OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST
AT 55 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF
ARCADIA..INDEPENDENCE...AND GALESVILLE BY 405 AM.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
PEOPLE IN TREMPELEAU COUNTY SHOULD GO TO THEIR BASEMENT AS THIS
STORM APPROACHES.
BRUCE
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, Jun 17, 12:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
WIZ010-014-170700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1231 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE LA CROSSE AREA UNTIL 600 AM... AT 1230 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES AND THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEST OF ROCHESTER. IT THEN EXTENDED INTO NORTHWEST IOWA AND ON INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS PRODUCED TORNADOES IN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN IOWA THIS EVENING AND EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED. TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN WISCONSIN ...SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND VIRTUALLY ALL OF IOWA OVERNIGHT. THIS SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EASTWARD OVERNIGHT...REACHING WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINS AND TORNADOES ARE ALL POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THIS DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT MOVES THROUGH THE LA CROSSE TRI-STATE AREA. INGRAM
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
WIZ010-014-170800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 130 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE LA CROSSE AREA UNTIL 600 AM... AT 125 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST OF EAU CLAIRE...TO 60 MILES WEST OF ROCHESTER...TO 30 MILES WEST OF MASON CITY IOWA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. EVEN THOUGH THE LINE HAS ENTERED NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...IT WILL STILL BE SOME TIME BEFORE IT REACHES THE LA CROSSE AREA. AT THEIR CURRENT SPEED...THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH ALMA AROUND 330 AM...AND THE LA CROSSE AREA BETWEEN 500 AND 600 AM. THIS LINE HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...HIGH WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL...THOUGH REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE DECREASED DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS. NONETHELESS...PEOPLE IN THE LA CROSSE AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. BRUCE
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
MNZ018-019-170600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 140 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING... AT 130 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE TWIN CITIES TO JANESVILLE...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR BRICELYN. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVEMENT EAST TONIGHT ENTERING THE CITIES OF RED WING...ROCHESTER AND AUSTIN BY 3 AM CDT AND WINONA AND CALEDONIA BY 4 AM CDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BY PREPARED TO TAKE REHINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIALELY. BELLES
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
MNZ018-019-170800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 210 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING... AT 2 05 AM...A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... GENERALLY SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH...CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR A RED WING...KENYON... OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA LINE. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND WILL BE NEAR A ZUMBROTA...DODGE CENTER...AUSTIN LINE BY ABOUT 2 30 AM...AND NEAR A LAKE CITY...ROCHESTER...LE ROY LINE AROUND 3 00 AM. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. DOM
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
WIZ010-014-170900-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
230 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992
...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE LA CROSSE AREA UNTIL 600 AM...
AT 225 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND INTO NORTH
CENTRAL IOWA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES
WEST OF EAU CLAIRE...TO 20 MILES WEST OF ROCHESTER...TO 20 MILES EAST
OF MASON CITY IOWA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
EVEN THOUGH THE LINE HAS ENTERED NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...IT WILL STILL
BE SOME TIME BEFORE IT REACHES THE LA CROSSE AREA. AT THEIR CURRENT
SPEED...THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH ALMA AND MONDOVI AREAS AROUND 400
AM...AND THE LA CROSSE AREA BETWEEN 500 AND 600 AM.
THIS LINE HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...HIGH WINDS...AND
LARGE HAIL. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT PRESCOTT WISCONSIN
...WHICH IS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TWIN CITIES...AT 135 AM.
EVEN THOUGH SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN LESS FREQUENT THAN THEY
WERE EARLIER THIS EVENING...THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS WEATHER
SITUATION. PEOPLE IN THE LA CROSSE AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WA{RNINGS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.
BRUCESpecial weather statement, Jun 17, 3:15 AM CDT, 34 minutes before
WIZ010-014-171000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 315 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE LA CROSSE AREA UNTIL 600 AM... AT 310 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND INTO NORTHEAST IOWA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF EAU CLAIRE...TO 10 MILES EAST OF ROCHESTER...TO 30 MILES WEST OF DECORAH IOWA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS BEING REPORTED AT ROCHESTER ...WITH WIND GUSTS TO AT LEAST 68 MILES AN HOUR. THE CENTRAL PART OF THIS LINE HAD INCREASED IN SPEED...AND WAS NOW MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS RATE...THE STORMS WILL REACH THE LA CROSSE AREA BETWEEN 430 AND 500 AM. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES... HIGH WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE LA CROSSE AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THESE STORMS APPRO ACH. BRUCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 4:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson | 62 min |
Nearby
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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.