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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 19, 1996Juneau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1996, 3:12 PM CDT for Juneau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 48 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, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1996, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Juneau County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 19, 3:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindLyndon Station, 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 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 1996-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 127 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 1996-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-325 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLSE 192014
SVRLSE
WIC057-192100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
312 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY
 
AT 310 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR MATHER...OR ABOUT
30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45
MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR MEADOW VALLEY AROUND 325 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo, Trempealeau60 min
May 19, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark, Jackson56 min
May 19, 3:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTaylor56 min
May 19, 3:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXLa Crosse, Vernon67 min
May 19, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe50 min
May 19, 3:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams, Juneau41 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.