Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1993, 1:52 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1993, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1993, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Buffalo County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 1374 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What 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, Jul 3, 10:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
MNZ017>019-031615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1030 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM TRACKING INTO NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY... AT 1025 AM...RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF JACKSON AND WILL TRACK INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MARTIN COUNTY NEAR TRIMONT BEFORE 11 AM. MORE STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF MANKATO AND APPROACHING NICOLLET WITH SPEEDS OF 30 MPH TO THE EAST. VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN PRODUCED BY THESE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORMS....WHILE SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE TRIMONT AREA...FROM FISH LAKE TO CEDAR LAKE...SHOULD SEEK SHELTER FROM THESE STORMS IMMEDIATELY...ALONG WITH PERSONS NEAR ST. PETER AND ST. CLAIR. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TESKE
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 10:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
MNZ017>019-031615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1030 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM TRACKING INTO NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY... AT 1025 AM...RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF JACKSON AND WILL TRACK INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MARTIN COUNTY NEAR TRIMONT BEFORE 11 AM. MORE STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF MANKATO AND APPROACHING NICOLLET WITH SPEEDS OF 30 MPH TO THE EAST. VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING HAVE BEEN PRODUCED BY THESE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORMS....WHILE SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE TRIMONT AREA...FROM FISH LAKE TO CEDAR LAKE...SHOULD SEEK SHELTER FROM THESE STORMS IMMEDIATELY...ALONG WITH PERSONS NEAR ST. PETER AND ST. CLAIR. STAY INDOORS UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TESKE
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:05 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
MNZ017>019-031830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 105 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING OLMSTED COUNTY... AT 100 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN OLMSTED COUNTY. THESE STORMS SHOULD REACH THE BYRON AREA BY 105 PM... AND THE ROCHESTER AREA BY 115 PM. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WINDS GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS. PERSONS SHOULD SEEK COVER FROM THESE STORMS IMMEDIATELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 3 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TESKE
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:06 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
MNZ017>019-031830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 105 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING OLMSTED COUNTY... AT 100 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING WESTERN OLMSTED COUNTY. THESE STORMS SHOULD REACH THE BYRON AREA BY 105 PM... AND THE ROCHESTER AREA BY 115 PM. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WINDS GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THESE STORMS. PERSONS SHOULD SEEK COVER FROM THESE STORMS IMMEDIATELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 3 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TESKE
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:20 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
MNZ018-019-031930- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 120 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD EXPIRED FOR DODGE COUNTY... AT 115 PM...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DODGE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. AT THIS TIME...NO SEVERE WEATHER WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO TRACK THROUGH OLMSTED AND GOODHUE COUNTIES. AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH OXBOW PARK IN BYRON...ONE HALF INCH HAIL WAS OBSERVED. AT THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT... WINDS HAVE GUSTED UP TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS EXTEND FROM RED WING TO ROCHESTER. VERY HEAVY RAINS...UP TO PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH... WILL BE COMMON FROM THESE STORMS. . A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 3 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TESKE
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:25 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
MNZ018-019-031930- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 120 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAD EXPIRED FOR DODGE COUNTY... AT 115 PM...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DODGE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. AT THIS TIME...NO SEVERE WEATHER WARNING ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO TRACK THROUGH OLMSTED AND GOODHUE COUNTIES. AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH OXBOW PARK IN BYRON...ONE HALF INCH HAIL WAS OBSERVED. AT THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT... WINDS HAVE GUSTED UP TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS EXTEND FROM RED WING TO ROCHESTER. VERY HEAVY RAINS...UP TO PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WINDS GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH... WILL BE COMMON FROM THESE STORMS. . A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 3 PM FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TESKE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Vernon | 62 min |
| Jul 3, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe, Vernon | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.