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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 31, 2000Crawford County, Vernon County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2000, 11:10 PM CDT for Crawford County, Vernon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2000, 11:10 PM CDT (04:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2000, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 31, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2000-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1028 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 2000-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 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
1028 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KARX 010410
SVRLSE
WIC023-123-010515-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1110 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VICTORY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
  NORTH OF LANSING. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR RETREAT AT 1125 PM CDT
  NEAR WEST PRAIRIE AT 1135 PM CDT
  NEAR LIBERTY POLE 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.

RIECK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant56 min
May 31, 9:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXGrant4 hr
May 31, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant64 min
May 31, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXVernon3 hr
Jun 1, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland69 min
Jun 1, 12:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXCrawford, Richland6 hr
Jun 1, 1:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXGrant4 hr
Jun 1, 2:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXVernon3 hr
Jun 1, 6:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXCrawford, Richland, Vernon4 hr
Jun 1, 10:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXCrawford, Richland, Vernon6 hr
Jun 1, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTrempealeau60 min
Jun 1, 2:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXJackson, Trempealeau3 hr
Jun 1, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson, La Crosse, Monroe53 min
Jun 1, 3:10 PM CDTTornado WarningARXMonroe35 min
Jun 1, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningARXJuneau55 min
Jun 1, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningARXMonroe27 min
Jun 1, 4:04 PM CDTTornado WarningARXAdams56 min
Jun 1, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland, Vernon66 min
Jun 1, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau60 min
Jun 1, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant38 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.