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Tornado Warning 4, NWS La Crosse, WI

September 6, 1995Clark County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 1995, 7:12 PM CDT for Clark County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 1995, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
33 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, 0.2 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 070013
TORLSE
WIC019-070045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
712 PM CDT WED SEP 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY
 
AT 708 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO DEVELOPING NEAR
THORP...OR ABOUT 35 MILES EAST OF EAU CLAIRE. SPOTTERS ALSO REPORTED A
FUNNEL IN THAT AREA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
TOWNS IN THE PATH INCLUDE WITHEE...OWEN..CURTIS AND LONGWOOD.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
 
LUSSKY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark29 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.