Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 31, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 1998, 10:55 PM CDT for Wabasha County, Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 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 24, 1998, 10:55 PM CDT (03:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1998, 11:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 10:56 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Kellogg, MN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 3921 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1033 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
742 WFUS1 KLSE 250356 RRA TORLSE MNC157-169-250455- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1055 PM CDT WED JUN 24 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA NORTHERN WINONA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA * UNTIL 1155 PM CDT * AT 1054 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR PLAINVIEW OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCHESTER... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... WEAVER BY 1115 PM MINNEISKA BY 1115 PM GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR KING/DB
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 58 min |
| Jun 24, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 64 min |
| Jun 24, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Olmsted | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 9:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 63 min |
| Jun 24, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winona | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 55 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.