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Wind Advisory 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at May 13, 2007, 10:50 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Iowa. It took effect at May 13, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2007, 10:50 AM CDT (15:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 13, 2007, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 13, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Chickasaw 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
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 1120 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 654 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 933 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KARX 131550 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1050 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-140000- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0002.070513T1600Z-070514T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1050 AM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH A FEW GUST APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL BE EXPERIENCED ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY LET UP TOWARD SUNSET. 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. $$ DAS
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KARX 132020 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 320 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL PRODUCE STRONG SOUTH WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL LET UP TOWARD SUNSET. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-140000- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070514T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 320 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH WINDS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH A FEW GUST APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WIND WILL LET UP TOWARD SUNSET. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ DAS
000 WWUS73 KARX 132351 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 651 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ...WINDS SLOWLY DECREASING THIS EVENING... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...AND ARE NOW BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS THE AREA. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE EXPIRED AT 7 PM CDT. GUSTY WINDS...HOWEVER...WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER TERRAIN AND IN EXPOSED AREAS...WHERE GUSTS TO 25 OR 30 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. MORE STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE ON TAP FOR MONDAY...AND ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR THE AREA. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-140100- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-070514T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 651 PM CDT SUN MAY 13 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH ACROSS THE AREA...THOUGH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT IN WIND PRONE AREAS. THIS IS WELL BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA...AND THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. MORE STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE ON TAP FOR MONDAY...THUS...ANOTHER WIND ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED FOR THE AREA TOMORROW. $$ BINAU
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 3:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winona | 17 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Iowa, 2007Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007
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.