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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 28, 1995Taylor County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1995, 4:40 AM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 1995, 4:40 AM CDT (09:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 1995, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
35 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, 9.7 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 1995-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 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 1995-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
536 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 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 KMKE 280942 RRA
SVRLSE
WIC119-281015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
ISSUED BY MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
440 AM CDT MON AUG 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...EASTERN TAYLOR COUNTY
 
AT 440 A DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE
TOWN OF RIB LAKE...37 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUSAU. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS
OF CHELSEA BY 445 AM...AND GOODRICH BY 455 AM.
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
 
 
TZ/TH

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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.