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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS La Crosse, WI

April 18, 2002Winneshiek County, Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2002, 3:49 AM CDT for Winneshiek County, Iowa. It was in force for 56 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
Apr 18, 2002, 3:49 AM CDT (08:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2002, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Winneshiek County, IA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 18, 4:05 AM CDTHail 1.75Kendallville, IA

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
Apr 18, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 00:00Z on 2002-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2002-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
3095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
340 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.

000 
WUUS53 KARX 180849
SVRLSE
IAC191-180945-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
349 AM CDT THU APR 18 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WINNESHIEK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT

* AT 349 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF FORT ATKINSON...OR ABOUT 
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WEST UNION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE...
  NEAR CALMAR...AND OSSIAN AT 400 AM CDT...
  NEAR DECORAH AT 415 AM CDT...

LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL IS THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
$$

BOYNE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFayette30 min
Apr 18, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinneshiek58 min
Apr 18, 2:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFayette38 min
Apr 18, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXChickasaw42 min
Apr 18, 2:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAllamakee55 min
Apr 18, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFayette47 min
Apr 18, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXHoward46 min
Apr 18, 4:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAllamakee44 min
Apr 18, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFloyd44 min
Apr 18, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXChickasaw63 min
Apr 18, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningARXChickasaw50 min
Apr 18, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFayette, Winneshiek56 min
Apr 18, 5:53 PM CDTTornado WarningARXHoward, Winneshiek67 min
Apr 18, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAllamakee59 min
Apr 18, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXChickasaw41 min
Apr 18, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinneshiek56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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.