Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS La Crosse, WI

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1231 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE LA CROSSE AREA UNTIL 600 AM...

AT 1230 AM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE TWIN CITIES AND THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WEST OF
ROCHESTER. IT THEN EXTENDED INTO NORTHWEST IOWA AND ON INTO EASTERN
NEBRASKA.  THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN
HOUR.

THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS PRODUCED TORNADOES IN MINNESOTA AND
WESTERN IOWA THIS EVENING AND EXTENSIVE PROPERTY DAMAGE HAS BEEN
REPORTED. TORNADO WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN WISCONSIN
...SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND VIRTUALLY ALL OF IOWA OVERNIGHT.

THIS SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVITY WILL MOVE EASTWARD OVERNIGHT...REACHING
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.
LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINS
AND TORNADOES ARE ALL POSSIBLE.

LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THIS DANGEROUS
WEATHER EVENT MOVES THROUGH THE LA CROSSE TRI-STATE AREA.

INGRAM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
130 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE LA CROSSE AREA UNTIL 600 AM...

AT 125 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND INTO NORTH
CENTRAL IOWA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES
WEST OF EAU CLAIRE...TO 60 MILES WEST OF ROCHESTER...TO 30 MILES WEST
OF MASON CITY IOWA.  THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

EVEN THOUGH THE LINE HAS ENTERED NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...IT WILL STILL
BE SOME TIME BEFORE IT REACHES THE LA CROSSE AREA.  AT THEIR CURRENT
SPEED...THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH ALMA AROUND 330 AM...AND THE
LA CROSSE AREA BETWEEN 500 AND 600 AM.

THIS LINE HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...HIGH WINDS...AND
LARGE HAIL...THOUGH REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE DECREASED
DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS.  NONETHELESS...PEOPLE IN THE
LA CROSSE AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.

BRUCE

MNZ018-019-170600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
140 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
EARLY THIS MORNING...

AT 130 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE TWIN
CITIES TO JANESVILLE...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR BRICELYN. THIS LINE OF STORMS
IS ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 40 MILE AN HOUR WINDS. MOVEMENT
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVEMENT EAST TONIGHT ENTERING THE CITIES
OF RED WING...ROCHESTER AND AUSTIN BY 3 AM CDT AND WINONA AND CALEDONIA
BY 4 AM CDT.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BY PREPARED TO TAKE
REHINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIALELY.

 BELLES

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
210 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
EARLY THIS MORNING...

AT 2 05 AM...A SOLID LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...
GENERALLY SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH...CONTINUED
TO MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.

THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR A RED WING...KENYON...
OWATONNA...ALBERT LEA LINE.

THE LINE  WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND WILL
BE NEAR A ZUMBROTA...DODGE CENTER...AUSTIN LINE BY ABOUT 2 30 AM...AND
NEAR A LAKE CITY...ROCHESTER...LE ROY LINE AROUND 3 00 AM.

THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

 DOM

WIZ010-014-170900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
230 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE LA CROSSE AREA UNTIL 600 AM...

AT 225 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND INTO NORTH
CENTRAL IOWA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES
WEST OF EAU CLAIRE...TO 20 MILES WEST OF ROCHESTER...TO 20 MILES EAST
OF MASON CITY IOWA.  THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

EVEN THOUGH THE LINE HAS ENTERED NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...IT WILL STILL
BE SOME TIME BEFORE IT REACHES THE LA CROSSE AREA.  AT THEIR CURRENT
SPEED...THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH ALMA AND MONDOVI AREAS AROUND 400
AM...AND THE LA CROSSE AREA BETWEEN 500 AND 600 AM.

THIS LINE HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...HIGH WINDS...AND
LARGE HAIL.  GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT PRESCOTT WISCONSIN
...WHICH IS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TWIN CITIES...AT 135 AM.

EVEN THOUGH SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS HAVE BEEN LESS FREQUENT THAN THEY
WERE EARLIER THIS EVENING...THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS WEATHER
SITUATION.  PEOPLE IN THE LA CROSSE AREA SHOULD LISTEN FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WA{RNINGS AS THESE STORMS APPROACH.

BRUCE

WIZ010-014-171000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
315 AM CDT WED JUN 17 1992

...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE LA CROSSE AREA UNTIL 600 AM...

AT 310 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND INTO NORTHEAST
IOWA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM 30 MILES WEST OF
EAU CLAIRE...TO 10 MILES EAST OF ROCHESTER...TO 30 MILES WEST OF
DECORAH IOWA.  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS BEING REPORTED AT ROCHESTER
...WITH WIND GUSTS TO AT LEAST 68 MILES AN HOUR.

THE CENTRAL PART OF THIS LINE HAD INCREASED IN SPEED...AND WAS NOW
MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.  AT THIS RATE...THE STORMS WILL
REACH THE LA CROSSE AREA BETWEEN 430 AND 500 AM.

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...
HIGH WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL.  PEOPLE IN THE LA CROSSE AREA SHOULD
LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THESE STORMS
APPROACH.

BRUCE