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Tornado Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 14, 1995Monroe County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Aug 14, 1995, 12:02 AM CDT for Monroe County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 1995, 12:02 AM CDT (05:02 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 1995, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 1995-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1788 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 1995-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
1788 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 140502
TORLSE
WIC081-140545-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1202 AM CDT MON AUG 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 1201 AM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR FOUR CORNERS
...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA CROSSE. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.  TOWNS IN THE PATH OF STORM INCLUDE
CATARACT.
 
LA CROSSE COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED A PROBABLE TORNADO TOUCH
DOWN IN EXTREME NORTHEAST LA CROSSE COUNTY.
 
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
 
&
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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, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WarningARXLa Crosse45 min
Aug 13, 11:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXJackson, Trempealeau6 hr
Aug 14, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXLa Crosse53 min
Aug 14, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe58 min

Nearby

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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.