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Tornado Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 27, 1993Buffalo County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 1993, 5:15 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1993, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1993, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Buffalo County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1993-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1993-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
895 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLSE 272214
TORLSE
WIC011-272245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
515 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
    FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...SOUTHERN BUFFALO COUNTY
 
AT 515 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 35 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LA CROSSE OR JUST NORTH OF FOUNTAIN CITY. THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WAUMANDEE AND
MONTANA COMMUNITIES BY ABOUT 520 PM.
 
WHEN A TORNADO THREATENS...GO TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR CLOSET.  LEAVE
MOBILE HOMES AND GO TO A STORM SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
THOMPSON
 
NNNN

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo45 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.