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Tornado Warning 35, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 27, 1998Mower County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1998, 6:38 PM CDT for Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min. 5 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 27, 1998, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1998, 7:25 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Mower County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 6:56 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Austin, MN
Jun 27, 7:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 61Austin, MN
Jun 27, 7:14 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 81Austin Arpt, MN
Jun 27, 7:17 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70Sargeant, MN
Jun 27, 7:25 PM CDTThunderstorm WindRacine, 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 nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1297 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

429 
WFUS1 KLSE 272342 
TORLSE
MNC099-280025-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED FOR TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
638 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MOWER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 725 PM CDT

* AT 635 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR HAYWARD...10 MILES EAST OF ALBERT LEA... MOVING
  EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  AUSTIN 650 PM
  LANSING BY 650 PM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWabasha60 min
Jun 26, 10:38 PM CDTTornado WarningARXDodge, Olmsted62 min
Jun 26, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinona74 min
Jun 26, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWabasha61 min
Jun 26, 11:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXDodge, Olmsted63 min
Jun 26, 11:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXWabasha3 hr
Jun 27, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXDodge, Olmsted61 min
Jun 27, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore, Houston61 min
Jun 27, 12:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXWinona5 hr
Jun 27, 12:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXWabasha5 hr
Jun 27, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWabasha59 min
Jun 27, 1:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinona62 min
Jun 27, 1:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMower63 min
Jun 27, 1:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXOlmsted64 min
Jun 27, 1:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXOlmsted4 hr
Jun 27, 6:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXWabasha9 hr
Jun 27, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXDodge, Mower67 min
Jun 27, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore, Olmsted62 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.