Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 7:56 PM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1995, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 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 00:00Z, 0.9 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLSE 150056 RRA SVRLSE WIC119-150200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 756 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 NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...TAYLOR COUNTY AT 755 PM...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR MEDFORD AND RIB LAKE...OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUSAU. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS APPROACHING THE THE GILMAN AND BELLINGER AREAS...OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAU CLARIE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN GOODRICH...GAD...GILMAN...AND BELLINGER SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. 3 INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST WEST OF MEDFORD AT 735 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
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, Jul 14, 5:14 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
WIZ017-029-032>034-041-042-053-150100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 514 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1100 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH WESTERN WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE WATCH DOES INCLUDE THE CITY OF LA CROSSE...AND WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM. AT 510 PM...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS STORMS WOULD AFFECT THE MEDFORD... NEILLSVILLE...ALMA...WHITEHALL...AND BLACK RIVER FALLS AREAS BETWEEN 700 AND 1000 PM. STORMS SHOULD NOT REACH THE LA CROSSE SPARTA...TOMAH...AND VIROQUA AREAS UNTIL BETWEEN 900 PM AND MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN WESTERN WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA SHOULD BE SURE AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BRUCE
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
WIZ017-029-032>034-041-042-053-150300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 635 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1100 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH WESTERN WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITY OF LA CROSSE...AND WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM. AT 630 PM...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS STORMS COULD AFFECT THE MEDFORD...OWEN... AND ALMA AREAS BETWEEN 700 AND 1000 PM. STORMS SHOULD NOT REACH LA CROSSE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...NEILLSVILLE...SPARTA...OR VIROQUA BEFORE 900 PM. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN WESTERN WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA SHOULD BE SURE AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BRUCE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark | 68 min |
Nearby
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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.