Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 2000
Tornado Warning 6, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2000, 4:04 PM CDT for Adams County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 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, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2000, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
County Adams County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 4:20 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 85 E | Countywide, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 269 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 824 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1154 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KARX 012106 TORLSE WIC001-012200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 404 PM CDT THU JUN 1 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ADAMS COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 500 PM CDT * AT 404 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 3 MILES WEST OF DELLWOOD...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF FRIENDSHIP...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... NEAR ADAMS AT 420 PM CDT NEAR GRAND MARSH AT 425 PM CDT THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. GO TO THE BASEMENT! IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR! BAUMGARDT LAT...LON 4406 9002 4388 9002 4387 8952 4408 8952 &
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 56 min |
| May 31, 9:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Grant | 4 hr |
| May 31, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 64 min |
| May 31, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford, Vernon | 65 min |
| May 31, 11:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland | 69 min |
| Jun 1, 12:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Richland | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Grant | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Richland, Vernon | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Richland, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Trempealeau | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 2:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Jackson, Trempealeau | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe | 53 min |
| Jun 1, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Monroe | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Juneau | 55 min |
| Jun 1, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Monroe | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Juneau | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 38 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.