Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1992, 12:17 AM CDT for Jackson County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 1992, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1992, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Jackson County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 5696 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 915 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSN 100519 SVRLSE WIC053-121-100615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI ISSUED BY MADISON WI 1217 AM CDT MON AUG 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...JACKSON COUNTY...NORTHERN TREMPEALEAU COUNTY AT 1215 AM...RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE... IN TREMPEALEAU COUNTY...STRUM...PIGEON FALLS AND HALE. IN JACKSON COUNTY...PRICE...NORTHFIELD AND BLACK RIVER FALLS. 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. NOAH
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, Aug 9, 8:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
MNZ017-018-019-100220- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 817 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY... AT 807PM CDT...THE ROCHESTER COLOR WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TRACKING EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. APPARENTLY...THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THIS LINE WILL CLIP THE NORTHERN PORTION OF BROWN COUNTY BY 825PM CDT. THIS WOULD MAINLY EFFECT THE TOWNS OF EVAN AND ESSIG. SO FAR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS ALONG THIS LINE HAVE BEEN SPOTTY...HOWEVER A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY RADAR IN REDWOOD COUNTY...ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS. PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF BROWN COUNTY ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... LARGE HAIL...AND THE POSSIBILTY OF A DEADLY TORNADO. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200AM FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. FOX
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 8:41 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
MNZ017-018-019-100235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 838 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY AND INTO WESTERN NICOLLET COUNTY... AT 825PM CDT...THE ROCHESTER COLOR WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TRACKING EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THIS LINE WAS LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF BROWN COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF EVAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS PACE...THE STORM WOULD MOVE INTO THE TOWN OF ST. GEORGE AROUND 900PM CDT AND THEN INTO KLOSSNER AROUND 915PM CDT. PERSONS IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF NICOLLET COUNTY AS WELL AS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF BROWN COUNTY ARE ADVISED TO TAKE SHELTER INDOORS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...AND EVEN A DEAxDLY TORNADO. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA UNTIL 200AM CDT. FOX
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 10:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
MNZ017-018-019-100445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1020 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA UNTIL 200AM CDT... AT 1009PM CDT...THE ROCHESTER COLOR WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN BROWN COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF SLEEPY EYE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS PACE...THE STORM WOULD MOVE INTO THE VICINITY OF NEW ULM BY 1045PM CDT. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND PERHAPS EVEN SOME HAIL. THE STORM ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INTENSIFY TO SEVERE CRITERIA...WHICH IN TURN COULD SPAWN A TORNADO. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA UNTIL 200AM CDT. IF SEVERE WEATHER HAPPENS TO DEVELOP...HEAD INDOORS AND TO A LOWER INTERIOR ROOM OR BASEMENT IF AVAILABLE. FOX
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 11:51 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
MNZ017-018-019-100545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1149 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 1140PM...THE ROCHESTER COLOR WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NOTHING MORE THAN A LIGHT RAIN SHOWER JUST NORTH OF FARIBAULT AS WELL AS SOME SPRINKLES NEAR FAIRMONT. HOWEVER...THERE WERE SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OUTSIDE OF OUR REGION. ONE AREA WAS IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE OTHER WAS IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. LATER TONIGHT SOME WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD POP UAHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AS IT TRUDGES EASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION. AT 1130PM THE FRONT STRETCHED FROM NEW ULM TO NEAR THE TWIN CITIES. FOX
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 11:55 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
MNZ017-018-019-100545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED TYPOS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1149 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992 THE TORNADO WATCH WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 1140PM...THE ROCHESTER COLOR WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NOTHING MORE THAN A LIGHT RAIN SHOWER JUST NORTH OF FARIBAULT AS WELL AS SOME SPRINKLES NEAR FAIRMONT. HOWEVER...THERE WERE SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OUTSIDE OF OUR REGION. ONE AREA WAS IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE OTHER WAS IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. LATER TONIGHT SOME WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS COULD POP UP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AS IT TRUDGES EASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION. AT 1130PM THE FRONT STRETCHED FROM NEW ULM TO NEAR THE TWIN CITIES. FOX
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.