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Tornado Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 13, 1995La Crosse County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT for La Crosse County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 1995, 11:30 PM CDT (04:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 1995, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
45 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, 4.5 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 140430
TORLSE
WIC063-140515-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1130 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN LA CROSSE COUNTY
 
AT 1130 AM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO...NEAR
STEVENSTOWN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF LA CROSSE. THE
STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS
POSSIBLE TORNADO ARE MINDORO AND BURR OAK.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  MOVE QUICKLY TO YOUR BASEMENT.  IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE AND AVOID WINDOWS.
 
BRUCE
 
NNNN

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, 11:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXJackson, Trempealeau6 hr
Aug 14, 12:02 AM CDTTornado WarningARXMonroe43 min
Aug 14, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXLa Crosse53 min
Aug 14, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe58 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.