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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 30, 2000Crawford County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2000, 11:53 PM CDT for Crawford County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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
May 30, 2000, 11:53 PM CDT (04:53 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2000, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Crawford County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 12:00 AM CDTHail 0.75Mt Sterling, 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
May 30, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 645 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 316 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
645 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-385 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

513 
WUUS53 KARX 310454
SVRLSE
WIC023-310545-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1153 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1153 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  LYNXVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LANSING. THIS ACTIVITY
  WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR STEUBEN AND GAYS MILLS AT MIDNIGHT CDT
  NEAR BELL CENTER AND BARNUM AT 1205 AM 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 4338 9108 4320 9111 4312 9074 4335 9066

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland30 min
May 31, 11:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford, Richland56 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.