Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1996, 2:15 AM CDT for Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min. 7 reports 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, 2:15 AM CDT (07:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1996, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Buffalo County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2:39 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 78 | Nelson, WI | |
| May 19, 2:39 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Nelson, WI | |
| May 19, 2:45 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 78 | Alma, WI | |
| May 19, 3:05 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 78 | Whitehall, WI | |
| May 19, 3:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 75 | Centerville, WI | |
| May 19, 3:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Arcadia, WI | |
| May 19, 3:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Ettrick, 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 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2274 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KLSE 190714 SVRLSE WIC011-121-190815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 215 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...BUFFALO COUNTY...TREMPEALEAU COUNTY AT 214 AM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES WEST OF WABASHA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS MAXVILLE...NELSON AND ALMA BY 240 AM. 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. KING
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Jackson | 56 min |
| May 19, 3:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Taylor | 56 min |
| May 19, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Vernon | 67 min |
| May 19, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe | 50 min |
| May 19, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 41 min |
| May 19, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Juneau | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.