Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of June 26th over southeast Minnesota. At least one funnel cloud was sighted near Wasioja (Dodge County).
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Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of June 26th over southeast Minnesota. At least one funnel cloud was sighted near Wasioja (Dodge County).
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 26, 5:07 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 607 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 434 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOWED AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF STRATUS AND FOG OVER OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THIS STRATUS DECK WAS ADVECTING WESTWARD AND EXPANDING AS EAST SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASE OVER THE AREA. LOOK FOR THIS FOG AND STRATUS TO PUSH INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO NORTHEAST IOWA. WE SHOULD SEE THE STRATUS START TO SLOW IN ITS WESTWARD PROGRESS THIS MORNING AS IT MOVES OVER THE HIGHWAY 52 CORRIDOR IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA/NORTHEAST IOWA. THE FOG COULD BE LOCALLY DENSE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ALONG RIDGETOPS. THE STRATUS AND WILL GRADUALLY MIX AND DISSIPATE AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES. A SHORTWAVE OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA/NORTHERN IOWA LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA/NORTHEAST IOWA WILL BE IN PLACE. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH CAPE BUILDS THIS AFTERNOON WE SHOULD SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP OVER THESE AREAS. THE NAM IS SHOWING SOME SIGNAL FOR A NON SUPERCELL TORNADO NEAR THE BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN IT PUSHES THIS SIGNAL NORTHEAST AS THE BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTHEAST BACK INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE BIG QUESTION TODAY IS HOW MUCH CAPE CAN WE BUILD. WILL HAVE TO KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON THE MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUD SPREADING IN FROM THE THE WEST OFF OF THE CONVECTION OVER THE DAKOTAS/NORTHERN NEBRASKA. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES STARTS TO SLIDE EAST TONIGHT AS A TROUGH DIVES INTO THE ROCKIES AND LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE PLAINS. THIS WILL CREATE AN INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE AREA WITH MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW SETTING UP ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. A COUPLE OF VERY SUBTLE SHORTWAVES MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AS UPPER LEVEL FLOW STARTS TO MAKE A TURN SOUTHWEST. HOWEVER...WITHOUT A STRONG FORCING MECHANISM EXPECTING ONLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS TONIGHT IF THEY DEVELOP AT ALL. PLAN ON OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 60S. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 434 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY. THE UPPER TROUGH STAYS WELL TO THE WEST OF THE AREA. 925-850 MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT STARTS TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA ESPECIALLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. WE COULD SEE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AS A WEAK SHORTWAVE PUSHES THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. ONCE SURFACE TEMPERATURES START TO COOL FRIDAY EVENING WE SHOULD STABILIZE AND SEE THE SHOWERS AND STORMS TAPER OFF. WE SHOULD SEE AN INCREASE IN HUMIDITY LEVELS ON FRIDAY AS A MOIST AIRMASS MOVES IN. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES CLIMB INTO THE 1.5 TO 1.8 INCH RANGE BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE TROUGH THEN MAKES AN EASTWARD PUSH ON SATURDAY WITH 925-850 MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT EDGING INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THE STRONGEST MOISTURE TRANSPORT WILL BE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER RIVER SATURDAY MORNING THEN IT INCREASES ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT WILL BE VERY EFFICIENT RAIN PRODUCERS WITH WARM CLOUD DEPTHS OF 4 KM AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES 1.5 TO 1.9. THERE ISN/T A FRONT IN THE AREA FOR THE STORMS TO FOCUS ON BUT THIS LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE REPEATED ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OUT OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT WILL CREATE HYDROLOGY CONCERNS FOR THE LOCAL AREA. THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE THIS FIRST ROUND OF ACTIVITY CLEARS THE AREA LATE SUNDAY MORNING. 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR THEN STARTS TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS ANOTHER TROUGH AND A COLD FRONT DIVE INTO THE AREA. THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW MUCH WILL THE ATMOSPHERE RECOVER FROM THE CONVECTION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE GFS/ECMWF SAY WE WILL RECOVER AND INCREASE OUR 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR TO 35 TO 45 KTS...POSSIBLY EVEN 50 KTS OVER NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. AFTERNOON SBCAPE VALUES COULD CLIMB INTO THE 1700 TO 2500 J/KG RANGE. THIS WOULD SET THE STAGE FOR POTENTIAL SUPERCELL STRUCTURES WITH THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG THE BOUNDARY TO THE WEST OR IN WESTERN SECTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. WITH THE SHEAR BEING MORE CONCENTRATED IN THE 0-3 KM LAYER EAST OF THE BOUNDARY OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA...LINEAR STRUCTURES WOULD MOST LIKELY BE THE CONVECTIVE MODE. SOME DETAILS TO SORT OUT SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS LOOKING MORE FAVORABLE...WITH HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS ALL POSSIBLE. DIFFICULT TO SAY IF THERE WOULD BE TORNADO POTENTIAL AT THIS POINT. WILL HAVE TO KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON FORECAST MODEL TRENDS THE NEXT FEW RUNS. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 607 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 BAND OF STRATUS AND FOG HAS WORKED WEST ACROSS WISCONSIN AND INTO KLSE THIS MORNING WITH IFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS. LOOKING AT THE 26.09Z RAP AND 26.06Z NAM BUFKIT SOUNDING...BOTH MODELS SHOW THIS LIFTING/DISSIPATING FAIRLY QUICKLY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW THIS DECK COVERS MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND WITH A SOUTHEAST FLOW...CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH THAT IT WILL DISSIPATE AS QUICKLY AS THE MODELS SUGGEST. HAVE OPTED TO CLEAR THE FOG OUT BY MID MORNING BUT HUNG ON TO THE MVFR CEILINGS UNTIL ALMOST 18Z. CONDITIONS ARE NOT AS BAD AT KRST WHERE HIGH CLOUDS HAVE BEEN OVERHEAD ALL NIGHT. WILL SHOW THE MVFR FOG LIFTING THERE BY MID MORNING WITH THE STRATUS CLOUDS STAYING TO THE WEST. WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY STILL OVER NORTHEAST IOWA AND EXPECT TO SEE MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS DEVELOP ALONG THIS TODAY IN THE HEATING OF THE DAY. SOME OF THESE COULD GET CLOSE TO KRST AND WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW A VCSH FOR THIS ACTIVITY. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD DIE OFF EARLY IN THE EVENING ALLOWING THE SKIES TO SCATTER OUT FOR A WHILE. SOME INDICATIONS IN THE MODELS THAT JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE TRANSPORT COULD DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TO BRING BACK A VFR CEILING TO BOTH TAF SITES. COULD ALSO BE ENOUGH TO GENERATE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS...BUT CONFIDENCE ON THIS IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE IN THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 434 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL LAST WEEK HAS LED TO SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM THE TWIN CITIES MN TO DUBUQUE IA. SHRA/TSRA ARE IN THE FCST TODAY THROUGH FRI NIGHT...BUT THESE ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE SCATTERED IN COVERAGE WITH GENERALLY LIGHTER RAINFALL AMOUNTS. THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE WIDESPREAD SHRA/ TSRA AND HEAVIER RAINFALL RETURNS FOR LATER SAT THRU MON AS A FEED OF VERY MOIST AND WARM AIR INCREASES INTO THE REGION...AHEAD OF A STRONGER MID LEVEL TROUGH LIFTING INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST AND SFC FRONT APPROACH FROM THE WEST. AS DETAILS OF THE WEEKEND HEAVY RAIN THREAT BECOME CLEARER...WILL LIKELY NEED TO ISSUE AN ESF AND OTHER HYDRO PRODUCTS CONCERNING THE RISK OF MORE FLOODING/FLASH FLOODING. && .ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. && SHORT TERM...WETENKAMP LONG TERM...WETENKAMP AVIATION...04 HYDROLOGY...WETENKAMP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 544 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-271100- MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- 544 AM CDT THU JUN 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD FROM THESE STORMS. FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE ON PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM THESE STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIALLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL COULD OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. FLOOD WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE ON PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH FRIDAY. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. WETENKAMP
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:59 UTC.
2 flood, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding along the Mississippi River, combined with runoff from heavy rain, caused flooding to occur on the west side of Wabasha. This flooding prompted the Minnesota Department of Transportation to close State Highway 60. The road remained closed into July.
A funnel cloud was sighted near Wasioja.
Runoff from heavy rains and inflow from tributary streams pushed the Mississippi River out of its banks in Lake City. The river crested around a half foot above the flood stage at 16.43 feet. The river remained above flood stage into July.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Minnesota in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, June 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 529015, 525339, 528991.