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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 19, 1996Adams County, Juneau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1996, 3:49 AM CDT for Adams County, Juneau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 1996, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 1996, 4:30 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Whole counties

Counties Adams County, WI, Juneau County, WI

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 19, 4:07 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 55	New Lisbon, WI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2967 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 78 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 190852
SVRLSE
WIC001-057-190930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
349 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...ADAMS COUNTY...JUNEAU COUNTY
 
AT 350 AM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED FROM 20 MILES
WEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN BIG FLATS AND ADAMS/FRIENDSHIP...THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT
YOU BY 400 AM. EXPECT WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
 
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES EAST OF LA CROSSE AND
WILL BE AFFECTING CAMP DOUGLAS AND NEW LISBON BY 415 AM. ALSO EXPECT
DAMAGING WINDS.
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING
PREFERABLY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND EXPECT DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.
 
RACY/KING/NELSON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 2:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo, Trempealeau	60 min
May 19, 3:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark, Jackson	56 min
May 19, 3:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Taylor	56 min
May 19, 3:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	La Crosse, Vernon	67 min
May 19, 3:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Monroe	50 min
May 19, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Juneau	48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.