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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 20, 1998Richland County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1998, 6:42 PM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 63 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 20, 1998, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1998, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Richland County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 7:16 PM CDTHail 0.75Cazenovia, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 20, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 110 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1998-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
110 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-232 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2029 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

933 
WUUS1 KLSE 202345 RRA
SVRLSE
WIC103-210045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
642 PM CDT SAT JUN 20 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 640 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LA FARGE OR ABOUT 35 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF LA CROSSE TO NEAR FENNIMORE ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH
  OF DUBUQUE... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  RICHLAND CENTER AND YUBA AROUND 650 PM CDT
  GOTHAM AROUND 705 PM CDT

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

TMC/KRC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford, Vernon60 min
Jun 20, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant60 min
Jun 20, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland61 min
Jun 20, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford, Vernon57 min
Jun 20, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningARXVernon51 min
Jun 20, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant16 min

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.