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Wind Advisory 3, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Mar 31, 2006, 10:26 AM CST for 4 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Iowa; Crawford County, Grant County, Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2006, 10:26 AM CST (16:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 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, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Richland County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 578 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 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 311626 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1026 AM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...STRONG WINDS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA...LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST WISCONSIN AND WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...A HIGH PRESSURE AREA WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A TIGHT SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO BE FOUND ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THROUGH 6 PM TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-WIZ054-055-061- 010000- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0003.060331T1626Z-060401T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1026 AM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE SEEN ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA... AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THROUGH 6 PM TODAY. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BOYNE
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KARX 312145 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 345 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA...LOCATED OVER LAKE SUPERIOR... CONTINUED TO CAUSE STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE REGION. LATE THIS AFTERNOON THE STRONGEST WINDS WERE CONFINED MAINLY TO MINNESOTA AND IOWA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...AND ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. IAZ011-030-WIZ054-055-061-312245- /O.CAN.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060401T0000Z/ ALLAMAKEE-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKON...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 345 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE STRONG THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...DAMAGING WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...BEFORE DIMINISHING DURING THE EVENING. $$ IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-010000- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060401T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 345 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE IN THE 25 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH 6 PM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BAUMGARDT
000 WWUS73 KARX 312354 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 554 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM... .WINDS ARE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING ACROSS THE AREA. THUS THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-010100- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-060401T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 554 PM CST FRI MAR 31 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. $$ RABERDING
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 44 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.