Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1994, 4:27 PM CDT for Monroe County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 1994, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1994, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Cataract, WI |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 209 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
- 1257 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 218 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 242127
SVRLSE
WIC081-242230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
427 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY
AT 425 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MELROSE...OR
ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA CROSSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT
30 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL AFFECT THE FOUR CORNERS AND CATARACT AREA
BY 445 PM...AND FT MCCOY BY 500 PM.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOMETIMES PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR
NO WARNING. MO|VE INDOORS AND BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY GO TO THE
BASEMENT. LEAVE MOBILE HOMES AND GO TO A STORM SHELTER NOW.
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, Apr 24, 11:39 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
WIZ032>034-241830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1139 AM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THIS AFTERNOON... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR BUFFALO...TREMPEALEAU AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 5 PM. AT 1135 AM CDT NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD BECOME SEVERE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF YOU LIVE IN AREAS NORTH OF LA CROSSE NOW IS THE TIME TO PLAN WHAT TO DO IF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE SAFEST PLACE IS INSIDE AND IN THE BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. COUCH
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 12:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
WIZ032>034-241845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1253 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THIS AFTERNOON... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BUFFALO TREMPEALEAU AND JACKSON COUNTIES UNTIL 5 PM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURING IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN BUT WERE WELL NORTH AND WEST OF THE LA CROSSE AREA. STILL THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO THE WATCH AREAS NORTH OF LA CROSSE. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED GO INDOORS AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.THE SAFEST PLACE IS IN THE BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE. COUCH
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 3:55 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
WIZ032>034-041-042-053-054-242230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 355 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 AT 350 PM...RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER WEST" CENTRAL WISCONSIN JUST WEST OF ETTRICK OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. BRUCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, Trempealeau | 68 min |
| Apr 24, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Monroe | 37 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.