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Tornado Warning 8, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 28, 1998Adams County, Juneau County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at May 28, 1998, 8:09 PM CDT for Adams County, Juneau County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 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
May 28, 1998, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1998, 8:55 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Adams County, WI, Juneau County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 8:30 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 53Lyndon Station, WI
May 28, 8:31 PM CDTHail 0.75Plainville, 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
May 28, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1998-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1998-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

587 
WFUS1 KLSE 290109 RRA
TORLSE
WIC001-057-290155-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
809 PM CDT THU MAY 28 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN JUNEAU COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 855 PM CDT

* AT 805 PM CDT...SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR MAUSTON...
  MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  EAST OF MAUSTON ALONG HWY 82

A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND GO TO THE BASEMENT IF A BASEMENT IS
NOT AVAILABLE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

SWC


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXGrant59 min
May 28, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXVernon47 min
May 28, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMonroe61 min
May 28, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams, Juneau60 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.