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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS La Crosse, WI

September 10, 2000Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2000, 10:33 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 57 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2000, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2000, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Buffalo County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 10, 10:33 PM CDTHail 0.75Arcadia, WI
Sep 10, 10:47 PM CDTHail 1Arcadia, WI
Sep 10, 11:00 PM CDTHail 0.75Independence, WI
Sep 10, 11:00 PM CDTHail 1Montana, WI
Sep 10, 11:10 PM CDTHail 0.75Mondovi, 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
Sep 10, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 2000-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2354 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KARX 110334
SVRLSE
WIC011-121-110430-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1033 PM CDT SUN SEP 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS REDEFINED AND EXTENDED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  TREMPEALEAU COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT

* AT 1033 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 6 MILES WEST OF ARCADIA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR INDEPENDENCE AT 1050 PM CDT
  NEAR BLAIR AT 1055 PM CDT
  NEAR WHITEHALL AT 1100 PM CDT
  NEAR STRUM AT 1110 PM CDT
  NEAR OSSEO AT 1125 PM CDT

LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL IS THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

NELSON

LAT...LON 4460 9186 4408 9169 4410 9116 4459 9118
          4460 9154

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo, Trempealeau77 min
Sep 10, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark, Taylor73 min
Sep 10, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark, Taylor64 min
Sep 11, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark53 min
Sep 11, 2:19 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXClark, Taylor3 hr
Sep 11, 5:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland, Vernon24 min
Sep 11, 6:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland34 min
Sep 11, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTaylor63 min
Sep 11, 4:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant61 min
Sep 11, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark63 min
Sep 11, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo, Trempealeau59 min
Sep 11, 5:13 PM CDTTornado WarningARXGrant32 min
Sep 11, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant49 min
Sep 11, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson74 min
Sep 11, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark64 min
Sep 11, 6:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXGrant4 hr
Sep 11, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTrempealeau28 min
Sep 11, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXLa Crosse, Monroe58 min
Sep 11, 6:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe55 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.