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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 17, 1992Jackson County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 4:43 AM CDT for Jackson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 1992, 4:43 AM CDT (09:43 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 1992, 5:45 AM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Whole counties

County Jackson County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 216 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLSE 170943
SVRLSE
WIC053-171045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
443 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 AM CDT
    FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 430 AM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN
TREMPEALEAU COUNTY NEAR WHITEHALL...OR 40 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE
AFFECTING THE PRICE...YORK...AND HIXTON AREAS BY 450 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.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  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.
 
BRUCE
 
NNNN

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 17, 2:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 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.

BRUCE

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 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
APPROACH.

BRUCE

Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:02 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
405 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

ATTN SELS

345 AM...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.  ALMA  /BUFFALO CO./

BRUCE

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:26 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

WIZ010-014-171030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
425 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE LA CROSSE AREA UNTIL 600 AM...

AT 425 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
NEAR ELEVA...50 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE TO ARCADIA...30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE.  THE LINE OF STORMS CONTINUED OVER ADJACENT
AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...15 MILES WEST OF LA CROSSE AND THEN ON
INTO NORTHEAST IOWA.

THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 55 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BEGIN
TO AFFECT THE CITY OF LA CROSSE AND VICINITY BETWEEN 430 AND 500 AM.
THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE IN THE LA CROSSE AREA SHOyULD LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.

THOMPSON

Local storm report, Jun 17, 4:37 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
438 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

ATTN SELS

345 AM...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.  ALMA  /BUFFALO CO./

420 AM...DIME SIZED HAIL AT INDEPENDENCE.  /TREMPEALEAU CO./

430 AM...QUARTER SIZED HAIL AT OSSEO.  /TREMPEALEAU CO./

BRUCE

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:38 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

MNZ018-019-171400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
440 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY DIMINISHING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

AT 430 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
...EAST OF A LINE FROM RED WING TO ROCHESTER TO LEROY. MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

ALL SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...HOWEVER
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS STILL OCCURRING IN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST ALONG
WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN. GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN
EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...MAINLY IN HOUSTON COUNTY.

 BELLES

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, 3:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Trempealeau	56 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.