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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 22, 1996Taylor County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 1996, 3:29 AM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 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
Aug 22, 1996, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 1996, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Taylor County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 22, 3:35 AM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Jump River, 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 1996-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2009 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 1996-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
2009 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLSE 220828
SVRLSE
WIC119-220930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
329 AM CDT THU AUG 22 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...NORTHERN TAYLOR COUNTY
 
AT 324 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST
TAYLOR COUNTY NEAR JUMP RIVER...35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF RICE
LAKE. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE
CHEQUAMEGON NATIONAL FOREST  AND THE TOWNS OF WHITTLESEY BY 400 AM.
 
WINDS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORMv ALONG
WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING SUCH AS YOUR
HOME AND REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

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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.