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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 14, 1995Clark County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 7:52 PM CDT for Clark County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Clark County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4426 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
4426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLSE 150052 RRA
SVRLSE
WIC019-150200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
752 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY
 
AT 752 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR STANLEY...
OR ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF EAU CLAIRE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT
20 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE THORP AREA BY 810 PM
...AND THE OWEN/WITHEE AREA BY 825 PM.
 
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.
 
BRUCE
 
NNNN

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTaylor64 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.