Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 1994, 5:23 PM CDT for Monroe County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 1994, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 24, 1994, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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 242223
TORLSE
WIC081-242315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
523 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
...NORTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY
AT 522 PM...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS JUST NORTHWEST OF
TOMAH...OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA CROSSE. THE STORM PRODUCING
THE FUNNEL CLOUDS WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES IN
THE PATH OF POSSIBLE TORNADO INCLUDE TOMAH...VALLEY JUNCTION...AND
WYEVILLE.
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.
BRUCE
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NNNNWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, 5 hours 44 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, 4 hours 30 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, 1 hour 28 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
Special weather statement, Apr 24, 5:06 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
MNZ078-079-086>088-094>096-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 500 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM FOR SOUTHEAST AND PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED SOUTH OF AUSTIN NEAR LYLE. THIS THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE ALONG THE IOWA BORDER TO TAOPI AND LE ROY BY 530PM...AND REACH HARMONY AND CANTON MINNESOTA BY 6PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OFZ THIS THUNDERSTORM...EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SOME SMALL HAIL. SCS
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, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe | 63 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.