Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS La Crosse, WI

Issued

Jun 29, 1996, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)

Expired

Jun 29, 1996, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

63 min

Issued by

NWS La Crosse, WI

Area

Whole counties

County Monroe County, 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.

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TTAA00 KLSE 292258
SVRLSE
WIC081-300000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
557 PM CDT SAT JUN 29 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...MONROE COUNTY
 
AT 555 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED
BETWEEN BANGOR AND SPARTA OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA CROSSE. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND CONTAINED DAMAGING WINDS OF
OVER 60 MPH.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL PASS OVER SPARTA AND TOMAH BY 615 PM. THE GRAND
NATIONAL TRACTOR PULL ACTIVITIES WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS THUNDERSTORM.
 
 
 
WINDS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM ALONG
WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING SUCH AS YOUR
HOME AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
 
RACY

In the hours 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

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

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.