Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1993, 3:54 PM CDT for La Crosse County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1993, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1993, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties La Crosse County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KLSE 172050
SVRLSE
WIC063-121-172145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
354 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...LA CROSSE COUNTY...SOUTHERN TREMPEALEAU COUNTY
AT 350 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HOUSTON COUNTY
MINNESOTA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF LA CROSSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT LA CROSSE...ONALASKA...
HOLMEN...GALESVILLE...AND ETTRICK BETWEEN 400 AND 500 PM.
THIS STORM IS GOING TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.
MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE THE
TELEPHONE UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
BRUCE
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
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
MNZ017>019-172000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 205 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 2 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM ALBERT LEA TO ROCHESTER AND MINNESOTA CITY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASON CITY AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE TO AUSTIN AND LEROY BY 3 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED...LOOK FOR HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH POSSIBLE FLOODING. KRUSE
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
MNZ017>019-172000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 205 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 2 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM ALBERT LEA TO ROCHESTER AND MINNESOTA CITY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MASON CITY AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE TO AUSTIN AND LERXOY BY 3 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED...LOOK FOR HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON ALONG WITH POSSIBLE FLOODING. KRUSE
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
WIZ010-014-172100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 245 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... AT 240 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM EAU CLAIRE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL IOWA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN THE LA CROSSE AREA WAS OCCURRING NEAR HATFIELD...OR 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA CROSSE. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE SOME BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. NO REPORTS OF ANY FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THROUGH 230 PM. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR ALL OF THE LA CROSSE AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM. GO INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. INGRAM
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:05 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
MNZ018-019-172100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 305 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 3 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL NEAR LEROY EXTENDING TO PRESTON...RUSHFORD AND UTICA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR CALEDONIA AND HOUSTON BY 4 PM. LOOK OUT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND MOVE INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. KRUSE
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:09 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
MNZ018-019-172100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 305 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH TONIGHT... AT 3 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL NEAR LEROY EXTENDING TO PRESTON...RUSHFORD AND UTICA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR CALEDONIA AND HOUSTON BY 4 PM.4 LOOK OUT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND MOVE INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA. KRUSE
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:34 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
WIZ010-014-172130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 335 PM CDT THU JUN 17 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE LA CROSSE AREA... AT 335 PM...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BETWEEN LA CROSSE AND EAU CLAIRE ACROSS ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND INTO NORTHEAST IOWA. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THE LA CROSSE AREA WERE 20 MILES WEST OF LA CROSSE. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL BE AFFECTING MUCH OF THE LA CROSSE AREA INTO THE EVENING. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL ALSO. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL OF THE LA CROSSE AREA AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM. GO INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED. THOMPSON
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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.