Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1992, 2:43 PM CDT for La Crosse County, Vernon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 47 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
- Jul 19, 1992, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1992, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties La Crosse County, WI, Vernon County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2:50 PM CDT | Hail 1 | La Crosse, 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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 1432 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLSE 191943
SVRLSE
WIC123-063-192030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
243 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
...NORTHWESTERN VERNON COUNTY
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...SOUTHERN LA CROSSE COUNTY
AT 241 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING OVER THE
CITY OF LA CROSSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING LA CROSSE...STODDARD...AND MIDDLE RIDGE
THROUGH 330 PM.
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.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Jul 19, 12:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
WIZ010-014-200000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1235 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CLASH WITH THE WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE OVER MUCH OF THE UPPER MID WEST LATER TODAY. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO ENTER WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND PUSH ACROSS THE LA CROSSE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTER- NOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. ALTHOUGH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON WILL INCLUDE LA CROSSE AND AREAS SOUTH...EVERYONE IN THE LA CROSSE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY ADVISORY. PLEASE LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. INGRAM
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
WIZ010-014-201900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 112 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NORTHEAST OF LA CROSSE... AT 110 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BETWEEN BLACK RIVER FALLS AND MARSHFIELD. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CATARACT...OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA CROSSE. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS IT MOVES EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE INDOORS FOR PERSONAL SAFETY. INGRAM
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
WIZ010-014-201930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 134 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 AT 130 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY NEAR FORT MCCOY...OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA CROSSE. THE STORM WILL AFFECT WARRENS BETWEEN 135 AND 200 PM. THIS STORM PRODUCED PEA SIZED HAIL AS IT MOVED OVER FORT MCCOY AT 125 PM. HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MIL(ES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM AS IT MOVES EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH...MOVE INDOORS FOR PERSONAL SAFETY. INGRAM
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:59 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
WIZ010-014-202000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 200 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING WEST OF LA CROSSE... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING FROM WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND INTO NORTHEAST IOWA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR WINONA...TO THE IOWA/MINNESOTA BORDER SOUTH OF ROCHESTER...TO MASON CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR ANDj WERE INTENSIFING. HIGH WINDS...HAIL...AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WAS JUST NORTH OF TOMAH...OR 40 MILES EAST OF LA CROSSE. BRUCE
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:19 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
MNZ-019-192030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 215 PM CDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH TILL 8 PM FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AT 210 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...INTENSE RAINFALL...AND POSSIBLE HAIL FROM LE ROY TO PRESTON TO WINONA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE HARMONY...HOUSTNON...AND CALEDONIA. THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBLY OF TORNADOS DEVELOPING...SO ANYONE OUTDOORS OR ON LAKES SHOULD TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. KRUSE
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 2:23 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
WIZ010-014-202030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 223 PM CDT SUN JUL 19 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO LA CROSSE... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP FROM WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND INTO NORTHEAST IOWA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF BLACK RIVER FALLS...TO LA CROSSE...TO THE IOWA/MINNESOTA BORDER SOUTHEAST OF ROCHESTER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WERE INTENSIFING. HIGH WINDS...HAIL...AND TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN LA CROSSE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. BRUCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 50 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.