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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1996, 3:35 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 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
- Jun 29, 1996, 3:35 PM CDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1996, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Buffalo County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:50 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Mondovi, 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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1273 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLSE 292043 COR SVRLSE WIC011-292115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 335 PM CDT SAT JUN 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...NORTHERN BUFFALO COUNTY AT 333 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE OR NEAR MAXVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND CONTAINED DAMAGING WINDS OF GREATER THAN 60 MPH. THE TOWN OF MONDOVI WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM BY 350 PM. WINDS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED WITH XTHIS STORM ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING SUCH AS YOUR HOME AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. RACY CORRECTED FOR TIME AND COMPUTER ERROR
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 2:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-292300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 230 PM CDT SAT JUN 29 1996 ...HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED TODAY... HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON ARE GOING TO RANGE FROM THE LOWER 90S IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH MID TO UPPER 90S IN THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE STATE. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 IN THE NORTHERN MOST AREAS. HEAT INDICES FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS ARE GOING TO BE NEAR OR EXCEED 105 FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. AT 2 PM THE HEAT INDEX AT THE LA CROSSE AIRPORT WAS 114. PERSONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE SHOULD LESSEN THEIR ACTIVITY... DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS...WEAR LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING AND SEEK SHADE WHEN EVER POSSIBLE. ANY STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITY SHOULD BE AVIODED THIS AFTERNOON. RRS
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 40 min |
| Jun 29, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Jackson | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Vernon | 65 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.