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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 16, 2001Trempealeau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2001, 5:14 PM CDT for Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 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 16, 2001, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
46 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 22:18 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 16, 5:40 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EEttrick, 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 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 2001-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2001-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1333 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 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.

844 
WUUS53 KARX 162214
SVRLSE
WIC121-162300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
514 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 514 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARCADIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR ARCADIA NOW...
  NEAR WHITEHALL AT 520 PM CDT...
  NEAR BLAIR...AND GALESVILLE AT 530 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.

$$

WELVAERT

LAT...LON 4448 9153 4405 9157 4399 9134 4406 9134
          4409 9115 4442 9117

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo55 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.