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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 16, 1995La Crosse County, Vernon County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 3:45 PM CDT for La Crosse County, Vernon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 3:45 PM CDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties La Crosse County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 240 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 65 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
65 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-330 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLSE 162045
SVRLSE
WIC123-063-162130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
345 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
 
   ...WESTERN VERNON COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...LA CROSSE COUNTY
 
AT 345 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST
OF LA CROSSE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
AFFECT LA CROSSE AND VICINITY AND ALSO GENOA AND WESTBY THROUGH 430 PM.
 
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
 
 
 
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe69 min
May 16, 4:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXVernon43 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.