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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 1, 2000Winona County, Minnesota; Trempealeau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2000, 1:30 PM CDT for Winona County, Minnesota; Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 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
Jun 1, 2000, 1:30 PM CDT (18:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2000, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Winona County, MN, Trempealeau County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 1, 1:57 PM CDTHail 0.88Winona, MN

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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 2000-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2000-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 264 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
484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KARX 011831
SVRLSE
MNC169-WIC121-011930-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
130 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PICKWICK...OR ABOUT 5
  MILES SOUTH OF WINONA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR TREMPEALEAU AND CENTERVILLE AT 145 PM CDT
  NEAR GALESVILLE AT 150 PM CDT
  NEAR ETTRICK AND IDUNA AT 200 PM CDT
  NEAR BEACH CORNERS AT 205 PM CDT
  NEAR HEGG AT 210 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.

BAUMGARDT

LAT...LON 4398 9181 4385 9163 4410 9117 4427 9118

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMower53 min
May 31, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore57 min
May 31, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXHouston55 min
May 31, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXOlmsted, Winona67 min
May 31, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMower59 min
May 31, 11:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXMower5 hr
Jun 1, 1:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXFillmore5 hr
Jun 1, 3:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXMower2 hr
Jun 1, 4:25 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXHouston95 min
Jun 1, 6:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXFillmore, Houston, Mower4 hr
Jun 1, 10:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXFillmore, Houston, Mower6 hr
Jun 1, 2:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore58 min
Jun 1, 2:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXWinona3 hr
Jun 1, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXHouston63 min
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, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford, Vernon65 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, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.