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Tornado Warning 3, NWS La Crosse, WI

September 6, 1995Clark County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT for Clark County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 15 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
15 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 12:00Z, 11.8 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 12:00Z on 1995-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 657 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 12:00Z on 1995-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLSE 062347
TORLSE
WIC019-070000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
645 PM CDT WED SEP 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY
 
AT 645 PM...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO JUST SOUTHEAST OF
STANLEY...OR ABOUT 35 NORTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE. THE STORM PRODUCING
THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD
CONTINUE MOVING JUST SOUTH HIGHWAY 29...OR JUST SOUTH OF
THORP.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STPURDY FURNITURE.
 
THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTaylor41 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.