Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS La Crosse, WI

Issued

Aug 14, 2000, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)

Expired

Aug 14, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS La Crosse, WI

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Clark County, WI, Taylor County, WI

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

000 
WUUS53 KARX 150200 COR
SVRLSE
WIC019-119-150300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED FOR NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
856 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  TAYLOR COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1000 PM CDT

* AT 856 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF JUMP RIVER...OR ABOUT 21 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF LADYSMITH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR LUBLIN AT 915 PM CDT
  NEAR OWEN AT 930 PM CDT
  NEAR MEDFORD AT 935 PM CDT
  NEAR DORCHESTER AT 945 PM CDT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

NELSON

LAT...LON 4543 9095 4479 9092 4480 9028 4538 9002

NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 14, 3:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
310 PM CDT MON AUG 14 2000

FORECAST CONCERNS FOR THIS PACKAGE INCLUDE CONVECTIVE TRENDS TONIGHT
WITH PASSAGE OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY...AND THEN TEMPERATURES TUESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
WITH TRAILING TROUGH/COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWARD THROUGH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA. WARM FRONT SOMEWHAT HARD TO DISCERN...BUT EXTENDS ACROSS
CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. MAIN CLOUD SHIELD
ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT...WITH CLEAR SKIES ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. CONVECTION OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA
ON NOSE OF 20 KT TO 30 KT LOW LEVEL JET.

12Z MODELS INITIALIZE WELL...BUT AGAIN SHOW SOME DISCREPANCIES IN
THE QPF FIELDS. ONCE AGAIN APPEARS ETA AND AVN HAVE A BIT BETTER
HANDLE ON THE SMALLER FEATURES.

IN THE SHORT TERM...ATMOSPHERE SOUTH OF WARM FRONT REMAINS CAPPED
THIS AFTERNOON WITH 10C PLUS TEMPERATURES AT 700MB. BEST MOISTURE
CONVERGENCE/UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE TO REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF
OF MINNESOTA AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH
SOUTHERN CANADA SHOULD ENHANCE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FARTHER SOUTH BETTER CHANCES MAY COME WITH
CONVERGENCE ALONG APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THUS WILL STILL CONTINUE
LOWER POPS FROM ROCHESTER...SOUTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

FRONTAL SYSTEM SHOULD EXIT THE REGION BY MORNING WITH MUCH DRIER AIR
BEING ADVECTED INTO THE REGION. ETA PROGS SURFACE DEWPOINTS (NOW 65
TO 70) TO DROP INTO THE 50S BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. BY WEDNESDAY...
SURFACE HIGH MOVES EAST WITH RETURN FLOW RE-ESTABLISHING ITSELF
ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES. WILL GO WITH A LOW POPS WEST AND DRY
ELSEWHERE.

IN THE EXTENDED...UNSETTLED WEATHER TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...
BEFORE RIDGE RE-ESTABLISHES ITSELF ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPERATURES
SHOULD DROP BACK TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMALS.

GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES RATHER SIMILAR AND SO NOT TO MUCH DEVIATION.

COORDINATED WITH KMKX...KGRB...KMSP

.LSE...NONE.

RABERDING

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.