Weather Alert WatchOfficial-source alert index
NWS feedSource freshLast successful check:
Ended official alertUpdated

Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Winona, MN; La Crosse, WI

This alert has ended.Kept for recent context. Do not use it as a current warning.

Official alert fields

What you need to know

Applies to
Winona, La Crosse
Effective
Ended
Official severity
Severe
Official urgency
Immediate
Official certainty
Observed

What is happening

At 306 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Holmen to near Dakota, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. These severe...

What the bulletin says to do

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Read official NWS bulletin

Full official description

Bulletin details

At 306 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Holmen to near Dakota, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. These severe storms will be near... La Crosse, Onalaska, Holmen, Dakota, La Crosse Airport, Brice Prairie, and French Island around 310 PM CDT. West Salem around 315 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include County Roads M And W, Dresbach, North Side Of La Crosse, New Amsterdam, The Valley View Mall, Nathan Hill, and Veterans Memorial Park. This includes the following highways... Interstate 90 in Minnesota between mile markers 267 and 276. Interstate 90 in Wisconsin between mile markers 1 and 7.

Lifecycle record

Official revisions

4 captured
  1. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 3:07PM CDT until August 18 at 3:15PM CDT by NWS La Crosse WI

    Official revision
  2. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 2:56PM CDT until August 18 at 3:15PM CDT by NWS La Crosse WI

    Official revision
  3. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 2:50PM CDT until August 18 at 3:15PM CDT by NWS La Crosse WI

    Official revision
  4. Alert

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 18 at 2:36PM CDT until August 18 at 3:15PM CDT by NWS La Crosse WI

    Official revision

Source and limitations

Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS La Crosse WI. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

CAP status
Actual
Message type
Update
Last collected
Methodology and corrections