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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 31, 2000Richland County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2000, 3:00 AM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 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 31, 2000, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2000, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Richland County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 31, 3:10 AM CDTHail 0.75Cazenovia, 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, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 200 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 2000-05-31Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2000-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
305 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.

668 
WUUS53 KARX 310802
SVRLSE
WIC103-310830-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
300 AM CDT WED MAY 31 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 300 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LARGE HAIL 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  ROCKBRIDGE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF RICHLAND CENTER. THIS
  ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR LOYD AT 305 AM CDT
  NEAR CAZENOVIA AT 310 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.

KRC

LAT...LON 4356 9050 4338 9046 4344 8979 4366 8984

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford52 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.