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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 19, 1995Taylor County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1995, 1:38 AM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 1995, 1:38 AM CDT (06:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 1995, 2:40 AM CDT
In force
62 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, 6.6 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 00:00Z on 1995-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 904 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 00:00Z on 1995-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
904 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
672 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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 190639 RRA
SVRLSE
WIC119-190740-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
138 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  240 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...TAYLOR COUNTY
 
AT 135 AM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLCOMBE...
OR 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST
AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL REACH HANNIBAL...GILMAN...AND
LUBLIN AROUND 155 AM...AND MEDFORD AROUND 225 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.
 
BRUCE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 19, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark57 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.