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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 14, 1995La Crosse County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1995, 12:37 AM CDT for La Crosse County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 1995, 12:37 AM CDT (05:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 1995, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County La Crosse County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 1995-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1246 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 1995-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
8.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLSE 140537 RRA
SVRLSE
WIC063-140630-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1237 AM CDT MON AUG 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...LA CROSSE COUNTY
 
AT 1236 AM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE CITY
OF LA CROSSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH...AND WILL
BE AFFECTING LA CROSSE...WEST SALEM...AND ST JOSEPH THROUGH
115 AM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING
PREFERABLY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND EXPECT DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.
 
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

Local storm report, Aug 13, 9:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
955 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0815 PM    LUBLIN                  WI     TREES DOWN
8/13/95    TAYLOR

0815 PM    THORP                   WI     SHED BLOWN OVER
8/13/95    CLARK                          POWER OUTAGES

0820 PM    OSSEO                   WI     TREES DOWN
8/13/95    TREMPEALEAU                    POWER OUTAGES

0830 PM    WHITEHALL               WI     TREES DOWN
8/13/95    TREMPEALEAU

0850 PM    BLAIR                   WI     TREES DOWN
8/13/95    TREMPEALEAU                    SHED BLOWN OVER

BRUCE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo67 min
Aug 13, 7:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTrempealeau56 min
Aug 13, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTaylor62 min
Aug 13, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark68 min
Aug 13, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson, Trempealeau62 min
Aug 13, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo56 min
Aug 13, 10:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXBuffalo, Trempealeau5 hr
Aug 13, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WarningARXLa Crosse45 min
Aug 13, 11:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXJackson, Trempealeau6 hr
Aug 14, 12:02 AM CDTTornado WarningARXMonroe43 min
Aug 14, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe58 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.