Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 2002, 4:14 AM CDT for Crawford County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 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, 4:14 AM CDT (09:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2002, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 4:30 AM CDT | Hail 1.25 | Soldiers Grove, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KARX 180914 SVRLSE WIC023-181015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 413 AM CDT THU APR 18 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CRAWFORD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 515 AM CDT * AT 413 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF EASTMAN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE... NEAR BARNUM AT 420 AM CDT... NEAR MOUNT STERLING AT 425 AM CDT... NEAR GAYS MILLS...AND FAIRVIEW AT 430 AM CDT... NEAR ROLLING GROUND AT 440 AM CDT... NEAR SOLDIERS GROVE...AND CLAYTON AT 445 AM 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. $$ BOYNE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 2:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Vernon | 64 min |
| Apr 18, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Richland | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 57 min |
| Apr 18, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Taylor | 54 min |
| Apr 18, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Juneau, Vernon | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Taylor | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark | 65 min |
| Apr 18, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 54 min |
| Apr 18, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Taylor | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 58 min |
| Apr 18, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Trempealeau | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse | 88 min |
| Apr 18, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark | 53 min |
| Apr 18, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, Monroe | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Juneau | 78 min |
| Apr 18, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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.