Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1994, 2:42 PM CDT for Crawford County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1994, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1994, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 266 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 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, Aug 19, 10:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
MNZ077-084-086-093-094-191630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1029 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS NEAR ALBERT LEA AND AUSTIN... AT 1020 AM...RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORMS JUST WEST OF CLARKS GROVE...NEAR GLENVILLE AND AUSTIN. THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER STORM JUST SOUTH OF FARIBAULT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DAMAGING LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THE STORMS. EXPECT THE STORMS TO SPREAD INTO WEST CONCORD...HAYFIELD...AND LYLE TOWARD 11 AM. THE STORMS SHOULD THEN REACH PINE ISLAND...SPRING VALLEY..AND LE ROY TOWARD 1130 AM. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIFKE SOME MILES AWAY FROM THE PARENT CLOUD. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. RLT
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
WIZ032>034-041-042-053-054-191845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1255 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF LA CROSSE... AT 1255 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WERE LOCATED 60 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE NEAR MAXVILLE AND MONDOVI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE MONDOVI AND NELSON AREAS THROUGH 130 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR AREAS SOUTH OF LA CROSSE...HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ABOUT ANYWHERE AROUND THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INF^ORMATION ON RADIO...TV...OR WEATHER RADIO. GO INDOORS IF A STORM APPROACHES. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
WIZ032>034-041-042-053-054-191845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1255 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF LA CROSSE... AT 1255 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WERE LOCATED 60 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE NEAR MAXVILLE AND MONDOVI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE MONDOVI AND NELSON AREAS THROUGH 130 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR AREAS SOUTH OF LA CROSSE...HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ABOUT ANYWHERE AROUND THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON RADIO...TV...OR WEATHER RADIO. GO INDOORS IF A STORM APPROACHES. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 1:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
WIZ032>034-041-042-053-054-191900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 105 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF LA CROSSE... AT 105 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTH OF LA CROSSE NEAR LYNXVILLE. THE STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE LYNXVILLE AREA THROUGH 130 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR AREAS SOUTH OF LA CROSSE...HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ABOUT ANYWHERE AROUND THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON RADIO...TV..~.OR WEATHER RADIO. SHOULD A THUNDERSTORM THREATEN... GO INDOORS AND STAY THERE UNTIL IT PASSES. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 1:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
WIZ032>034-041-042-053-054-191900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 105 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF LA CROSSE... AT 105 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED 40 MILES SOUTH OF LA CROSSE NEAR LYNXVILLE. THE STORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE LYNXVILLE AREA THROUGH 130 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR AREAS SOUTH OF LA CROSSE...HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ABOUT ANYWHERE AROUND THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON RADIO...TV...OR WEATHER RADIO. SHOULD A THUNDERSTORM THREATEN... GO INDOORS AND STAY THERE UNTIL IT PASSES. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 1:45 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
MNZ079-088-096-191950- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 145 PM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THE WABASHA AREA... AT 140 PM...RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST TO THE EAST OF WABASHA. IT WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST...ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING NEAR ALMA AND WEAVER BETWEEN 200 AND 215 PM. THIS STORM SHOULD REACH MINNESOTA CITY TOWARD 230 PM. OTHERWISE...MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL LINGER IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER...NEAR HARMONY...CALEDONIA...AND LA CRESCENT. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO SLIDE TO THE JUST SOUTH OF EAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TOWARD 3 PM. BOATERS ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHOULD HEAD FOR SHORE WHEN SPOTTING TOWERING THUNDERHEADS AND DAMAGING LIGHTNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE WABASHA AREA. RLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 9:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Vernon | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford | 35 min |
| Aug 19, 1:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Trempealeau | 61 min |
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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.