Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Mar 13, 2006, 9:38 AM CST for 7 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2006, 9:38 AM CST (15:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2006, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Richland County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 191 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 494 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KARX 131538 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 938 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...STRONG WINDS FOR THE AREA TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS WISCONSIN THIS MORNING...AND WILL BE INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE VERY STRONG PRESSURE DIFFERENCE NEAR THE LOW WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH LATER IN THE DAY AS THE LOW MOVES FURTHER AWAY. IAZ009>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ053>055-061-132200- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0002.060313T1538Z-060313T2200Z/ HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 938 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID AFTERNOON BEFORE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ MW
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KARX 131742 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1142 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...STRONG WINDS FOR THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...LOCATED OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO UPPER MICHIGAN BY THIS EVENING. THE VERY STRONG PRESSURE DIFFERENCE ON THE WEST WISDE OF THIS LOW WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. THE WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. IAZ009>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ053>055-061-132200- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/ HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 1142 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID AFTERNOON BEFORE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BOYNE
000 WWUS73 KARX 131918 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 118 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...STRONG WINDS FOR THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...LOCATED JUST NORTH OF GREEN BAY WISCONSIN...WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO UPPER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. THE VERY STRONG PRESSURE DIFFERENCE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THIS LOW WILL RESULT IN STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. AT 1155 AM THIS MORNING... CHARLES CITY IOWA REPORTED A WIND GUST UP TO 46 MPH. THE WIND SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION. IAZ009>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ053>055-061-132200- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/ HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 118 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR THROUGH MID AFTERNOON BEFORE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BOYNE
000 WWUS73 KARX 132149 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 349 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...OVER CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE REGION TONIGHT. AS THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA MOVES AWAY FROM THE REGION THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4 PM. IAZ009>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ053>055-061-132300- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060313T2200Z/ HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 349 PM CST MON MAR 13 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ BOYNE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 1:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fayette | 32 min |
| Mar 13, 9:37 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Mitchell | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.