Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1993, 1:04 PM CDT for La Crosse County, Vernon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1993, 1:04 PM CDT (18:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1993, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties La Crosse County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 500 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 604 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 KMKE 081805 TORLSE WIC123-063-081845- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI ISSUED BY MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 104 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS.. IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN ...NORTHWESTERN VERNON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...SOUTHEASTERN LA CROSSE COUNTY AT 101 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STODDARD...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LACROSSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL AFFECT STODDARD...GENOA...AND GOOSE ISLAND BETWEEN 105 AND 150 PM CDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 8, 11:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
MNZ018-019-081715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED FOR TAOPI NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1114 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MOWER AND FILLMORE COUNTIES... AT 11 AM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR TAOPI WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PASS THROUGH SPRING VALLEY BY 1140 AM. SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM. ALSO A TORNADO MAY BE SPAWNED WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 5 PM CDT. JONES
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
WIZ010-014-081800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1122 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR THE LA CROSSE AREA UNTIL 500 PM... AT 1120 AM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST IOWA NEAR DECORAH AND CRESCO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR...AND COULD REACH THE LA CROSSE AREA AS EARLY AS 1230 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HIGH WINDS...LARGE HAIL... AND EVEN TORNADOES. PERSONS IN THE LA CROSSE AREA...ESPECIALLY BOATERS AND CAMPERS...ARE URGED TO KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AS THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. KEEP LISTENING TO RADIO...TV...OR WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BRUCE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 11:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
WIZ010-014-081800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1155 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADED OUR WAY... AT 1155 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BEGIN MOVING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN 1215 AND 100 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HIGH WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND EVEN TORNADOES. PERSONS IN THE LA CROSSE AREA...ESPECIALLY BOATERS AND CAMPERS...ARE URGED TO GO INDOORS IF A STORM THREATENS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION AND A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM. K8EEP LISTENING TO RADIO...TV...OR WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:10 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
WIZ010-014-081830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1210 AM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...POSSIBLE TORNADO IN NORTHEAST IOWA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WATERLOO IOWA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING FOR THE DECORAH AREA OF NORTHEAST IOWA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR DIRECTLY AT THE CITY OF LA CROSSE. PEOPLE IN LA CROSSE SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AS THIS STORM APPROCHES... AND BE PREPARED TO QUICKXLY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT. IF YOU LIVE IN A TRAILER IT WOULD BE WISE TO LEAVE IT NOW...AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY JUST IN CASE. BRUCE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:00 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
MNZ018-019-081900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 100 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN FREEBORN INTO STEELE COUNTY... AT 1250 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM NEAR CLARKS GROVE... FREEBORN COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL REACH OWATONNA BY 120 PM. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. TORNADOES ALSO CAN BE SPAWNED WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE NOTICE. STAY INDOORS IF IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM UNTIL IT PASSES. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 5 PM CDT. JONES &
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:00 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
MNZ018-019-081900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 100 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...STORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN FREEBORN INTO STEELE COUNTY... AT 1250 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM NEAR CLARKS GROVE... FREEBORN COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL REACH OWATONNA BY 120 PM. SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. TORNADOES ALSO CAN BE SPAWNED WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE NOTICE. STAY INDOORS IF IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM UNTIL IT PASSES. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 5 PM CDT. JONES &
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Vernon | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 56 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.