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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS La Crosse, WI

September 6, 1995Clark County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1995, 7:46 PM CDT for Clark County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 1995, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Clark County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 1995-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1314 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 1995-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
1314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
951 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLSE 070047 RRA
SVRLSE
WIC019-070115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
746 PM CDT WED SEP 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...EASTERN CLARK COUNTY
 
AT 745 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF
LOYAL...OR ABOUT 45 MILES WEST OF WAUSAU. THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING AREAS FROM LOYAL
TO SPENCER THROUGH 815 PM.
 
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.
 
THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningARXClark33 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.