Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS La Crosse, WI
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:48 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Winona, MN | |
| May 17, 4:05 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Trempealeau, 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 9:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 36 min |
| May 17, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 60 min |
| May 17, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 78 min |
| May 17, 5:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe | 3 hr |
| May 17, 10:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mower | 44 min |
| May 17, 11:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 54 min |
| May 17, 4:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Winona | 3 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.