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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 25, 1995Trempealeau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT for Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Trempealeau County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1995-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1995-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1335 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLSE 260000 RRA
SVRLSE
WIC121-260045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
700 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...TREMPEALEAU COUNTY
 
AT 655 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ARCADIA...OR
ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF WHITEHALL AND
INDEPENDENCE BETWEEN 700 AND 745PM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
RKA
 
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.