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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 11, 2001Trempealeau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 2001, 6:39 PM CDT for Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 66 min. 3 reports 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 11, 2001, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2001, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Trempealeau County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 11, 6:59 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EOsseo, WI
Jun 11, 6:59 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EStrum, WI
Jun 11, 7:50 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50 EGalesville, 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
Jun 11, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 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 2001-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2001-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 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.

902 
WUUS53 KARX 112339
SVRLSE
WIC121-120045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
639 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  TREMPEALEAU COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 639 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF STRUM...OR ABOUT 6 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF MONDOVI...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR STRUM AT 700 PM CDT...
  NEAR OSSEO AT 725 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

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.

$$

BOYNE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningARXBuffalo62 min
Jun 11, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark, Taylor61 min
Jun 11, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo43 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.