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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 13, 2000Crawford County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2000, 4:13 PM CDT for Crawford County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 77 min. 1 report 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
Jun 13, 2000, 4:13 PM CDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2000, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
77 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 4:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EFerryville, 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 12:00Z on 2000-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 671 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2000-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 356 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
671 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
356 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
366 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KARX 132115 COR
SVRLSE
MNC169-WIC011-023-063-121-123-132230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED SPEED AND DIRECTION.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
413 PM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BUFFALO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  TREMPEALEAU COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  WINONA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
  VERNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
  LA CROSSE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 530 PM CDT

* AT 413 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORNADO LIKE WIND DAMAGE ALONG A
  LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINONA TO 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CALEDONIA TO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF LANSING TO 11 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF PRAIRIE DU CHIEN. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
  MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR WYATTVILLE AND HART AT 415 PM CDT
  NEAR DE SOTO AND RIDGEWAY AT 430 PM CDT
  NEAR GENOA AND RED MOUND AT 435 PM CDT
  NEAR LYNXVILLE AND FERRYVILLE AT 440 PM CDT
  NEAR FRENCH ISLAND AND 
DAKOTA AT 445 PM CDT

WIND GUSTS FROM THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADO-LIKE DAMAGE. SEEK
SHELTER IN A BASEMENT OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

KRC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXLa Crosse, Trempealeau, Vernon77 min
Jun 13, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo77 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.