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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 25, 1996Dodge County, Olmsted County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1996, 10:00 PM CDT for Dodge County, Olmsted County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 25, 1996, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1996, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dodge County, MN, Olmsted County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 121 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1996-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3008 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1996-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
3008 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLSE 260302
SVRLSE
MNC039-109-260345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1000 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
 
   ...EASTERN DODGE COUNTY...WESTERN OLMSTED COUNTY
 
AT 1000 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AROUND
MANTORVILLE...ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCHESTER. THE STORM WAS
MOVING TO SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH AND WILL APPROACH THE COMMUNITIES OF
BYRON...KASSON...AND SALEM CORNERS BY 1015 PM.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHEpR IN A
STRONG BUILDING. HAIL 3/4 OF AN INCH OR LARGER IN DIAMETER AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
RIECK/THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXOlmsted44 min
Aug 25, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinona55 min
Aug 25, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore, Houston48 min
Aug 25, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinona30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1996Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.