Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1994, 8:36 PM CDT for Jackson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1994, 8:36 PM CDT (01:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jackson County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS1 KLSE 310136
SVRARX
WIC053-310215-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
836 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY
AT 835 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES NORTH OF
LA CROSSE NEAR HEGG ON THE WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY LINE. THE STORM
WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING
JUST NORTH OF MELROSE BY 850 PM.
THIS STORM IS GOING TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. GO INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER NOW.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS SOMETIMES PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR
NO WARNING. SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING AND BE
PREPARED TO QUICKLY MOVE TO THE BASEMENT.
THOMPSON
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, May 30, 6:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
MNZ074>079-082>088-091>096-310015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 612 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. AT 6PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE 30 MILES WEST OF ROCHESTER AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH OWATONNA BY 620PM AND APPROACH ROCHESTER BY 7PM. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WAS 25 MILES WEST OF RED WING AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH CANNON FALLS BY 620PM AND REACH RED WING BEFORE 7PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...EXPECT SMALL HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND INTENSIFY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. PERSONS FROM RED WING TO ROCHESTER AND WINONA SHOULD GO INDOORS UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA UNTIL 10PM. SCS STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
Special weather statement, May 30, 8:02 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
WIZ032>034-041-042-053-054-310200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 800 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO LA CROSSE AREA... AT 800 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 50 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE TO 30 MILES WEST OF LA CROSSE AND THEN ON INTO NORTHERN IOWA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE NEAR ARCADIA AND WAS PRODUCING 40 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUSTS. THROUGH 9 PM...THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING INTO THE LA CROSSE AREA AND SHOULD BEGIN AFFECTING THE CITY OF LA CROSSE SHORTLY AFTER 830 PM. A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED...BUT THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR MOST OF THE AREA... EXCEPT FOR ADJACENT COUNTIES SOUTH OF LA CROSSE. KEEP LISTENING FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON RADIO...TV...OR WEATHER RADIO. THOMPSON
Local storm report, May 30, 8:09 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
810 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994
TIME EVENT/LOCATION
700 PM HIGH WINDS IN MONDOVI/BUFFALO COUNTY/55 MILES NORTH
OF LA CROSSE. NO ESTIMATE OF WIND SPEEDS.
730 PM DOWNED TREES IN INDEPENDENCE/TREMPEALEAU COUNTY/
40 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE.
THOMPSONLocal storm report, May 30, 8:10 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
810 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994
TIME EVENT/LOCATION
700 PM HIGH WINDS IN MONDOVI/BUFFALO COUNTY/55 MILES NORTH
OF LA CROSSE. NO ESTIMATE OF WIND SPEEDS.
730 PM DOWNED TREES IN INDEPENDENCE/TREMPEALEAU COUNTY/
40 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE.
THOMPSONSpecial weather statement, May 30, 8:34 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
MNC045-055-169-310230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 834 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994 ...TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN OLMSTED...WESTERN WINONA...AND FILLMORE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA HAS EXPIRED... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. AT 830PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR WINONA...RUSHFORD...PRESTON...AND HARMONY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE NEAR LACRESCENT...HOUSTON...AND CALEDONIA BY 845PM AND MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST TIP OF MINNESOTA BETWEEN 9PM AND 930PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA UNTIL 10PM CDT. SCS &
Special weather statement, May 30, 8:35 PM CDT, 1 minute before
MNC045-055-169-310230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 834 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994 ...TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN OLMSTED...WESTERN WINONA...AND FILLMORE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA HAS EXPIRED... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. AT 830PM THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR WINONA...RUSHFORD...PRESTON...AND HARMONY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE NEAR LACRESCENT...HOUSTON...AND CALEDONIA BY 845PM AND MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST TIP OF MINNESOTA BETWEEN 9PM AND 930PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS...EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A PART OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA UNTIL 10PM CDT. SCS &
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe | 43 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.