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Tornado Warning 34, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 26, 1998Buffalo County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 1998, 11:10 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 50 min. 2 reports 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 26, 1998, 11:10 PM CDT (04:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1998, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Buffalo County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 11:32 PM CDTThunderstorm WindMondovi, WI
Jun 26, 11:52 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 60Mondovi, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1998-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1872 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1998-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 311 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1872 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
469 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.0
Supercell composite
26.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

410 
WFUS1 KLSE 270411 RRA
TORLSE
WIC011-270500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1110 PM CDT FRI JUN 26 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BUFFALO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1200 AM CDT

* AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA CROSSE...NEAR NELSON... MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  GILMAN AROUND 1120 PM

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson, Trempealeau63 min
Jun 26, 9:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXJackson, Trempealeau3 hr
Jun 26, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson, Trempealeau64 min
Jun 26, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark64 min
Jun 26, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson62 min
Jun 26, 10:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark67 min
Jun 26, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo61 min
Jun 26, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson63 min
Jun 26, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXTrempealeau74 min
Jun 26, 11:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXClark3 hr
Jun 26, 11:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXBuffalo3 hr
Jun 26, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXLa Crosse71 min
Jun 27, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson83 min
Jun 27, 12:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe69 min
Jun 27, 12:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXJackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau5 hr
Jun 27, 12:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXClark5 hr
Jun 27, 12:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXBuffalo5 hr
Jun 27, 12:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXVernon62 min
Jun 27, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams, Juneau70 min
Jun 27, 1:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford, Richland84 min
Jun 27, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXVernon50 min
Jun 27, 2:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXVernon3 hr
Jun 27, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant71 min
Jun 27, 6:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXJackson, Trempealeau9 hr
Jun 27, 6:05 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXClark9 hr

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.