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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS La Crosse, WI

March 14, 200612 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter storm watch at Mar 14, 2006, 2:06 PM CST for 12 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 15, 2006, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2006, 2:06 PM CST (20:06 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 15, 2006, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Mar 16, 2006, 3:01 PM CST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI

All 27 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, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 211 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, 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 this winter storm watch went out at Mar 14, 10:13 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 10:13 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 5:52 AM CST, 8 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
552 AM CST TUE MAR 14 2006

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-
032>034-041>044-053>055-061-151200-
ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE-
FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-
LA CROSSE-MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-
VERNON-WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA-
552 AM CST TUE MAR 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS
WEDNESDAY...THEN ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. MOISTURE WILL BE PULLED NORTH AHEAD
OF THIS LOW...THEN UP AND OVER THE COLD AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS
THE AREA. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
AND NORTHERN IOWA WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY.

THE LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT ENOUGH MOISTURE AND LIFT WILL BE
AVAILABLE TO PRODUCE A BAND OF SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE
AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. HOWEVER THE EXACT TRACK OF THE
LOW REMAINS IN QUESTION...THUS WHERE THE BAND OF HEAVIEST SNOW
WOULD FALL IS NOT CERTAIN. THE PRESENT EXPECTED LOW TRACK WOULD PUT
THE BAND OF HEAVIEST SNOW ON A LINE FROM ROCHESTER TO LA CROSSE TO
RICHLAND CENTER.

THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY SHOULD MONITOR
LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER
STORM FOR THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

RRS

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.