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Tornado Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 16, 1996Crawford County, Grant County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1996, 7:37 PM CDT for Crawford County, Grant County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 38 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 16, 1996, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1996, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 8:00 PM CDTTornado F0Bagley, 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1996-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 955 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1996-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
955 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1288 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KLSE 170039
TORLSE
WIC023-043-170115-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
737 PM CDT SUN JUN 16 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN GRANT COUNTY
 
AT 735 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PRAIRE DU CHIEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL APPROACH
PRAIRE DU CHIEN...BAGLEY...AND PATCH GROVE BY 750 PM CDT.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT(...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
 
 
RIECK/NELSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningARXGrant28 min
Jun 16, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford, Richland, Vernon36 min
Jun 16, 9:13 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXVernon4 hr
Jun 16, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland35 min
Jun 16, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningARXRichland30 min
Jun 16, 10:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXRichland3 hr
Jun 17, 2:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXCrawford, Grant, Richland3 hr
Jun 17, 2:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXVernon3 hr

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.