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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 17, 2000Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin; Winona County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2000, 3:36 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin; Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 69 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
May 17, 2000, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2000, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Winona County, MN, Buffalo County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 17, 3:48 PM CDTHail 0.88Winona, MN
May 17, 4:05 PM CDTHail 0.75Trempealeau, 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-17Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2000-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 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.

031 
WUUS53 KARX 172037
SVRLSE
MNC169-WIC011-121-172145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
336 PM CDT WED MAY 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN BUFFALO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  SOUTHERN TREMPEALEAU COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  EASTERN WINONA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 336 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  STOCKTON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF WINONA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR STOCKTON AT 340 PM CDT
  NEAR MARSHLAND AT 400 PM CDT
  NEAR CENTERVILLE AT 410 PM CDT
  NEAR GALESVILLE AT 415 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.

RRS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 9:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant36 min
May 17, 11:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant60 min
May 17, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant78 min
May 17, 5:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXLa Crosse, Monroe3 hr
May 17, 10:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMower44 min
May 17, 11:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXDodge, Olmsted54 min
May 17, 4:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXWinona3 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.