Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1992, 6:19 PM CDT for Monroe County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 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
- Aug 1, 1992, 6:19 PM CDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1992, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:15 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Monroe, 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
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1162 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 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 012319
SVRLSE
WIC081-020015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
619 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY
AT 617 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN
JACKSON COUNTY OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA CROSSE. THE STORM
WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING
THE WARRENS...TOMAH...AND WYEVILLE AREAS BY 635 PM.
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
NNNFNWhat 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, Aug 1, 4:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
MNZ019-020130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 440 PM CDT SAT AUG 01 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR LAKE CITY... MINNEAPOLIS RADAR AT 430 PM CDT INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING OVER LAKE PEPIN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM SHOULD BE NEAR THE CITY OF WABASHA BY 445 PM CDT. PERSONS AND BO ATERS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BELLES
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
WIZ010-014-212300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 552 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING TO THE NORTH OF LA CROSSE... AT 550 PM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ONE STORM WAS ABOUT 60 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE...OR JUST NORTHWEST OF ALMA. ANOTHER WAS 50 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE NEAR ELEVA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL hLIKELY PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ALMA... COCHRANE...WHITEHALL AND PIGEON FALLS. BRUCE
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MNZ019-020130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 512 PM CDT SAT AUG 01 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF RED WING MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR... MINNEAPOLIS RADAR AT 510 PM CDT INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING NEAR GOODHUE...10 MILES SOUTH OF RED WING. THIS STORM SHOULD REACH NEAR ZUMBRO FALLS BY 530 PM CDT. THIS THUNDERSTORM PRECEDED A LARGER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. BOATERS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER QUICKY IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. ALSO A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR THIS EVENING. BELLES
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson | 57 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.