Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2002, 9:25 PM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 65 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2002, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2002, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Richland County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 10:00 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Richland Center, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 1642 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KARX 090225 SVRLSE WIC103-090330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 925 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1030 PM CDT * AT 925 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS 16 MILES WEST OF RICHLAND CENTER..MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO BE... NEAR RICHLAND CENTER AT 955 PM CDT... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. LAT...LON 4323 9021 4319 9067 4347 9067 4357 9019 BAUMGARDT
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 55 min |
| May 8, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Crawford | 53 min |
| May 8, 9:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 3 hr |
| May 8, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, Monroe | 61 min |
| May 8, 10:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Richland | 4 hr |
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.