Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1993, 7:25 PM CDT for La Crosse County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 1993, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1993, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County La Crosse County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 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
- 724 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 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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WUUS1 KLSE 280025
SVRARX
WIC063-280130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
725 PM CDT THU MAY 27 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...LA CROSSE COUNTY
AT 724 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE NEAR NEW AMSTERDAM.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE
CITY OF LA CROSSE...HOLMEN...AND ONALASKA BETWEEN 730 AND 830 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS SOMETIMES PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR
NO WARNING. SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AND BE
PREPARED TO QUICKLY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT.
THIS STORM IS GOING TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. GO INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER NOW.
INGRAM
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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 27, 5:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
MNZ017>019-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 515 PM CDT WED MAY 26 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR LAKE CITY MINNESOTA... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR LAKE CITY MINNESOTA. BOATERS ON LAKE PEPIN AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN LAKE CITY AND WABASHA SHOULD SEE SAFE HARBOR AND BE PREPARED FOR DEADLY LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN. SCS
Special weather statement, May 27, 5:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
WIZ010-014-280600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 525 PM CDT THU MAY 27 1993 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING... SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING BETWEEN IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE SHOWERS STRETCHED FROM EAU CLAIRE TO NEAR ROCHESTER AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OR SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 65 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE NEAR DURAND. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. WESTERN WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ARE BEING MONITORED CLOSELY FOR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. MOVE INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. INGRAM
Special weather statement, May 27, 6:53 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
WIZ010-014-280600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 655 PM CDT THU MAY 27 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH THROUGH 1100 PM... AT 653 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. ONE STORM WAS BETWEEN ARCADIA AND DODGE...OR 25 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE. THE OTHER STORM WAS NEAR WINONA...25 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME PEA SIZED HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR WESTERN WISCONSIN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND SOMETIMES DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. INGRAM
Special weather statement, May 27, 6:58 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
MNZ019-280100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 658 PM CDT THU MAY 27 1993 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WINONA COUNTY... INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WINONA COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. AT 650 PM CDT THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 10 TO 15 MILES WEST OF WINONA NEAR THE TOWNS OF STOCKTON AND ROLLINGSTONE. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE CITY OF WINONA BY 7PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...EXPECT DEADLY LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. BOATERS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN MINNESOTA CITY AND LA CROSSE WISCONSIN SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AND WAIT UNTIL THE STORMS ARE WELL PAST YOUR LOCATION. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO WISCONSIN TOWARD THE TOWNS OF CENTERVILLE AND GALESVILLE BY 715 PM CDT.
Special weather statement, May 27, 6:59 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
MNZ019-280100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 658 PM CDT THU MAY 27 1993 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH WINONA COUNTY... INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WINONA COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. AT 650 PM CDT THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE 10 TO 15 MILES WEST OF WINONA NEAR THE TOWNS OF STOCKTON AND ROLLINGSTONE. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE CITY OF WINONA BY 7PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...EXPECT DEADLY LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. BOATERS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN MINNESOTA CITY AND LA CROSSE WISCONSIN SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AND WAIT UNTIL THE STORMS ARE WELL PAST YOUR LOCATION. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO WISCONSIN TOWARD THE TOWNS OF CENTERVILLE AND GALESVILLE BY 715 PM CDT.
Special weather statement, May 27, 7:19 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
WIZ010-014-280600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 720 PM CDT THU MAY 27 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH THROUGH 1100 PM... AT 720 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. ONE STORM WAS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE NEAR PEROT STATE PARK. THE OTHER STORM WAS NEAR ETTRICK...OR 25 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE. THE STORM NEAR ETTRICK WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES HOUR WHILE THE OTHER WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT THE SAME SPEED. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME PEA SIZED HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM FOR WESTERN WISCONSIN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND SOMETIMES DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. INGRAM
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.