Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1992, 1:52 PM CDT for La Crosse County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 min. 2 reports 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
- May 16, 1992, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1992, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County La Crosse County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:43 PM CDT | Hail 1 | La Crosse, WI | |
| May 16, 2:50 PM CDT | Hail 1.25 | 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 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 161852
SVRLSE
WIC063-161945-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
152 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...LA CROSSE COUNTY
AT 152 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
NORTH OF THE CITY OF LA CROSSE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN
HOUR. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR WEST SALEM BY 2 PM AND WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE HAIL 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MILES AN HOUR.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM TH4E WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
THOMPSON
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, May 16, 11:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
WIZ010-014-161730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1130 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE LA CROSSE AREA... AT 1130 AM...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE LA CROSSE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE NEAR WHITEHALL. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS BEING INDICATED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE LA CROSSE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY PART OF THE AFTERNOON. PERSONS AROUND THE AREA... ESPECIALLY BOATERS AND CAMPERS...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN. GO INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS AND REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING IS A STORMS WORST KILLER. KEEP LISTENING TO RADIO...TV...OR WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, May 16, 11:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
WIZ010-014-161730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...RESENT FOR MEDIA REQUEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1135 AM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE LA CROSSE AREA... AT 1130 AM...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE LA CROSSE AREA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS ABOUT 40 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE NEAR WHITEHALL. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS BEING INDICATED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE LA CROSSE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST THE EARLY PART OF THE AFTERNOON. PERSONS AROUND THE AREA... ESPECIALLY BOATERS AND CAMPERS...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINX. GO INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS PASS AND REMEMBER THAT LIGHTNING IS A STORMS WORST KILLER. KEEP LISTENING TO RADIO...TV...OR WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, May 16, 12:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
WIZ010-014-161830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1220 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE LA CROSSE AREA... AT 1220 PM...RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE LA CROSSE AREA. THERE WERE STILL SOME SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS 40 TO 50 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE FROM ALMA UP TO OSSEO AND THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. EVEN THOUGH THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE LA CROSSE AREA... CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT FOR REDEVELOPMENT AGAIN LATER IN THE DAY. SINCE SEVERE STORMS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE...PERSONS AROUND THE AREA...ESPECIALLY BOATERS AND CAMPERS...ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON RADIO...TV...OR WEATHER RADIO. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:00 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
WIZ010-014-161830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 100 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF LA CROSSE... AT 100 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 30 TO 50 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE FROM NEAR DODGE UP TO OSSEO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED...BUT THEY WERE LIKELY PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH ADJACENT AREAS NORTH OF LA CROSSE THROUGH 2 PM. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS FROM ETTRICK UP TO HIXTON AND OVER TO BLACK RIVER FALLS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. GO- INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS AND KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON RADIO...TV...OR WEATHER RADIO. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:26 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
WIZ010-014-161930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 125 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF LA CROSSE... AT 125 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 25 TO 50 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE FROM NEAR MELROSE UP TO MERRILLAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS INDICATED...BUT THEY WERE LIKELY PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THROUGH 2 PM...THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST RAPIDLY AND WILL AFFECT AREAS FROM MELROSE UP TO BLACK RIVER FALLS AND OVER TO MILLSTON AND HATFIELD. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. GO INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS AND KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON RADIO... TV...OR WEATHER RADIO. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, May 16, 1:43 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
WIZ010-014-162000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 143 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO LA CROSSE... AT 140 PM...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF LA CROSSE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN LA CROSSE SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. BRUCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, Monroe | 48 min |
| May 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse | 45 min |
| May 16, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, Monroe | 60 min |
| May 16, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 54 min |
| May 16, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse | 27 min |
| May 16, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse | 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.