Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1992, 5:48 PM CDT for La Crosse County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 1992, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County La Crosse County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 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.
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TTAA00 KLSE 162247
SVRLSE
WIC063-162345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
548 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...LA CROSSE COUNTY
AT 548...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF THE
CITY OF LA CROSSE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THIS
STORM WILL PRODUCE HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER ALONG WITH
TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE
CITY OF LA CROSSE AND VICINITY FROM 550 PM UNTIL 645 PM.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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
Local storm report, May 16, 2:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY REPORT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 300 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 230 PM...1 INCH DIAM. HAIL JUST EAST OF CATARACT. MONROE COUNTY 243 PM...1 INCH DIAM. HAIL 6 MILES EAST OF LA CROSSE. LA CROSSE CO. 250 PM...HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL AT BARRE MILLES. 8 MILES EAST OF LA CROSSE. INGRAM
Local storm report, May 16, 4:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...PRELIMINARY REPORT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 416 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 230 PM...1 INCH DIAM. HAIL JUST EAST OF CATARACT. MONROE COUNTY 243 PM...1 INCH DIAM. HAIL 6 MILES EAST OF LA CROSSE. LA CROSSE CO. 250 PM...HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL AT BARRE MILLES. 8 MILES EAST OF LA CROSSE. 303 PM...1 INCH DIAM. HAIL AT WARRENS. NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY. 323 PM...3/4 INCH DIAM. HAIL ON LOSEY BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF LA CROSSE. LA CROSSE COUNTY. 325 PM...1/2 TO 3/4 DIAM. HAIL AT TUNNEL CITY...10 MILES WEST OF TOMAH. MONROE COUNTY. 328 PM...1/2 TO 3/4 INCH DIAM. HAIL ON GRANDAD BLUFF JUST EAST OF LA CROSSE. LA CROSSE COUNTY. 331 PM...1 INCH DIAM. AT BARRE MILLS...8 MILES EAST OF LA CROSSE. LA CROSSE COUNTY. 335 PM...PEA SIZED HAIL AT MONDOVI. NORTHERN BUFFALO COUNTY. INGRAM
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:31 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
WIZ010-014-162000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 431 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA... AT 430 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTROMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR EAU CLAIRE TO ROCHESTER. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN THE VICINITY OF ROCHESTER. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR LOCATION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR THE TRI STATE AREA UNTIL 900 PM. MONITOR RADIO...TELEVISION...OR THIS NOAA RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INGRAM
Special weather statement, May 16, 4:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
WIZ010-014-162300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 446 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA... AT 445 PM...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND INTO NORTHERN IOWA. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM EAU CLAIRE TO ROCHESTER TO FORT DODGE IOWA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROCHESTER. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...PEA SIZED HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH YOUR LOCATION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR THE TRI STATE AREA UNTIL 900 PM. MONITOR RADIO...TELEVISION...OR THIS NOAA RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INGRAM
Special weather statement, May 16, 5:06 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
WIZ010-014-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 506 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AT 505 PM...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE STORMS WERE PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MARSHFIELD TO 30 MILES WEST OF LA CROSSE AND ON INTO NORTHERN IOWA NEAR MASON CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE LA CROSSE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR THE TRI STATE AREA UNTIL 900 PM. PEOPLE IN THE LA CROSSE AREA SHOULD MONITOR RADIO...TELEVISION.. OR THIS NOAA RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INGRAM
Special weather statement, May 16, 5:29 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
WIZ010-014-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 530 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AT 529 PM...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN IOWA. THE STORMS WERE PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MARSHFIELD TO 25 MILES WEST OF LA CROSSE AND ON INTO NORTHERN IOWA NEAR MASON CITY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE LA CROSSE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR THE TRI STATE AREA UNTIL 900 PM. PEOPLE IN THE LA CROSSE AREA SHOULD MONITOR RADIO...TELEVISION... OR THIS NOAA RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INGRAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse | 53 min |
| 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 |
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.