Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 13, 1994, 5:56 PM CDT for La Crosse County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 1994, 5:56 PM CDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County La Crosse County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 867 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLSE 132256 RRA SVRLSE WIC063-140000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 556 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...SOUTHERN LA CROSSE COUNTY AT 555 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTROM NEAR HOLMEN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL AFFECT THE LA CROSSE...ONALASKA...AND WEST SALEM AREAS THROUGH 645 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DREADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. BRUCE NNNN
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, Sep 13, 3:37 PM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
WIZ041-132145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 337 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 1994 TEST...TEST...TEST... THIS IS A COMMUNICATIONS TEST ONLY. BRUCE NNNN
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 3:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
WIZ032>034-041-042-053-054-132300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 345 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE... AT 340 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ALMA AND NELSON OR ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING AREAS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF LA CROSSE BETWEEN 345 AND 600 PM. HEAVY RAINS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS AND THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS AND STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER UPDATES CONCERNING THE STORMS. ALBRECHT
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 5:12 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
MNZ078-079-087-088-095-096-132315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR ZONES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 512 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AT 510 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM WINONA...TO UTICA...TO ROCHESTER. THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING QUICKLY AND MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. TEAL
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 5:15 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
MNC045-049-055-109-157-169-132315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 512 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AT 510 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM WINONA...TO UTICA...TO ROCHESTER. THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING QUICKLY AND MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. TEAL
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 5:21 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
MNZ078-079-087-088-095-096-132315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION FOR ZONES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 512 PM CDT TUE SEP 13 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AT 510 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM WINONA...TO UTICA...TO ROCHESTER. THESE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING QUICKLY AND MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS SHOULD STAY INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS. TEAL
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Trempealeau | 56 min |
| Sep 13, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson | 62 min |
| Sep 13, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe | 64 min |
| Sep 13, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe | 41 min |
| Sep 13, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Vernon | 56 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.