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Tornado Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 8, 1999Wabasha County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 1999, 6:40 PM CDT for Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 1999, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1999, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Wabasha County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 1999-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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 12:00Z on 1999-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-308 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 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.

000 
TTAA00 KLSE 082340 RRA
TORLSE
MNC157-090015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
640 PM CDT THU JUL 8 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 715 PM CDT

* AT 640 PM...SPOTTERS INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR ELGIN...10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF ROCHESTER... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ELGIN ARO:UND 645 PM
  PLAINVIEW AROUND 655 PM

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

SHEA/THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWabasha62 min
Jul 8, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXOlmsted67 min
Jul 8, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWabasha45 min
Jul 8, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXWinona68 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.