Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1992, 4:48 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 57 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 29, 1992, 4:48 PM CDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1992, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Buffalo County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 5:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Buffalo, 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1179 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLSE 292148
SVRLSE
WIC011-292245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
448 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...BUFFALO COUNTY
AT 445 PM...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 60 MILES
NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE WEST OF ALMA...AND WEST OF DURAND. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE
MAXVILLE...ALMA...NELSON...AND COCHRANE AREAS BY 500 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
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, Aug 29, 2:06 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
WIZ010-014-292130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 205 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LA CROSSE AND AREAS NORTH AND WEST UNTIL 800 PM CDT... A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER MINNESOTA WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE LA CROSSE AREA THIS EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND SOME COULD BE SEVERE. IT IS NOT LIKLEY THAT ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE LA CROSSE AREA BEFORE LATE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...PEOPLE IN THE TRI-STATE AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. BOATERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR SHOULD THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. BRUCE
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 2:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
WIZ010-014-292130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AREA WEATHER UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 257 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LA CROSSE AND AREAS NORTH AND WEST UNTIL 800 PM CDT... MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING CLOUDINESS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 500 PM...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. SOME STORMS COULD BE SEpVERE. AFTER A HIGH NEAR 85...IT WILL REMAIN WARM AND HUMID EARLY THIS EVENING UNTIL PASSAGE OF THE FRONT. BRUCE
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 4:00 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
MNZ017-018-019-292200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 358 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH-EAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTH-CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 355 PM CDT...SCATTERED RAINSHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA ALONG A LINE FROM JANESVILLE OR 16 MILES EAST OF MANKATO TO CANNON FALLS OR 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED WING. MOVEMENT WALS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS. TESKE
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 4:23 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
WIZ010-014-292130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 424 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR LA CROSSE AND AREAS NORTH AND WEST UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 4200PM...NO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS OCCURING IN THE IMMEDIATE LA CROSSE AREA. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP FROM NORTHWEST WISCONSIN INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE STORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM EAU CLAIRE TO ROCHESTER...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE LA CROSSE AREA EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WILL BE MOST NUMEROUS NORTH OF LA CROSSE...AND HIGHS WIND AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. F PEOPLE IN THE LA CROSSE AREA ARE URGED TO LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. BRUCE
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 4:25 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
MNZ017-018-019-292230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 420 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... A THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. AT 415 PM CDT THE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOOUTHWEST OF RED WING. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD REACH THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF RED WING AND LAKE CITY BETWEEN 430PM AND 445 PM CDT. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH SO BOATERS AND CAMPER SHOULD MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. THE STORM MAY ALSO CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. SCS
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 4:43 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
WIZ010-014-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 443 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING BUFFALO COUNTY... AT 440 PM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF ALMA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BEGIN AFFECTING BUFFALO COUNTY BY 500 PM. PEOPLE IN THE MAXVILLE...NELSON...ALMA...AND FOUNTAIN CITY nSHOULD TAKE COVER AS THESE STORMS APPROACH. BRUCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Trempealeau | 57 min |
| Aug 29, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson | 55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.