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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 12, 1995Taylor County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 9:37 AM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1995, 9:37 AM CDT (14:37 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1995, 10:15 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Taylor County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 206 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 425 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1995-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
425 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KLSE 121437 RRA
SVRLSE
WIC119-121515-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
937 AM CDT WED JUL 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...TAYLOR COUNTY
 
AT 935 AM...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WESTBORO
TO LUBLIN...OR APPROXIMATELY 45 TO 55 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF WAUSAU.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
 
THE STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TO REACH MEDFORD BY 945 AM AND GOODRICH BY
1000 AM.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. EXPECT WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING PREFERABLY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. REMEMBER...SEVERE STORMS
CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
 
LUSSKY
 
NNNN

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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.