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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 29, 1992Jackson County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1992, 6:05 PM CDT for Jackson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 55 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, 6:05 PM CDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Jackson County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 29, 6:15 PM CDTHail 1.75Jackson, 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 216 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1992-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1992-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLSE 292305
SVRLSE
WIC053-300000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
605 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
    FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...JACKSON COUNTY
 
AT 605 PM...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 30 MILES
NORTH OF LA CROSSE NEAR BLAIR...AND 50 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE
NEAR OSSEO.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND
WILL BEGIN AFFECTING THE TAYLOR...PRICE...AND HIXTON AREAS BY
615 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
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NNNN

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo57 min
Aug 29, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTrempealeau57 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.