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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS La Crosse, WI

September 10, 2000Clark County, Taylor County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 2000, 11:11 PM CDT for Clark County, Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 min. 2 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
Sep 10, 2000, 11:11 PM CDT (04:11 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2000, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clark County, WI, Taylor County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 10, 11:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 53 EOwen, WI
Sep 10, 11:51 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 54 ELublin, 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2000-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2296 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2000-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
2296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KARX 110414
SVRLSE
WIC019-119-110515-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1111 PM CDT SUN SEP 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1111 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF THORP...OR ABOUT
  21 MILES EAST OF CHIPPEWA FALLS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR LUBLIN AT 1115 PM CDT
  NEAR THORP AT 1120 PM CDT
  NEAR OWEN AT 1140 PM CDT
  NEAR DORCHESTER AT 1155 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.

NELSON

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, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo, Trempealeau57 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

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

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.