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Wind Advisory 6, NWS La Crosse, WI

October 19, 20074 counties in Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Oct 19, 2007, 9:09 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 19, 2007, 9:09 AM CDT (14:09 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2007, 3:37 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI

Counties Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:12 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 141 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2007-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 333 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
382 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS73 KARX 191409
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
909 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

.DEEP LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR
WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA. WEST
WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE SEEN ACROSS
THE ADVISED AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

MNZ086-087-094-095-192100-
/O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0006.071019T1409Z-071019T2100Z/
DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
909 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

DEEP LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR
WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS ACROSS THE ADVISED AREA. WEST
WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUST AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE SEEN ACROSS
THE ADVISED AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

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 191647
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1147 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

.DEEP LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS ACROSS THE ADVISED
AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUST AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMONPLACE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

MNZ086-087-094-095-192100-
/O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071019T2100Z/
DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
1147 AM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. 

DEEP LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS ACROSS THE ADVISED
AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUST AROUND 45 MPH WILL BE COMMONPLACE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

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 192037
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
337 PM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007

...WINDS SUBSIDING ACROSS THE AREA...

.THE DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT CAUSED STRONG WEST WINDS
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA HAS MOVED FURTHER NORTHEAST INTO
SOUTHERN ONTARIO CANADA. ALTHOUGH GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING...THE WINDS WILL BE BELOW WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

MNZ086-087-094-095-192145-
/O.CAN.KARX.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-071019T2100Z/
DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
337 PM CDT FRI OCT 19 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

THE DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT CAUSED STRONG WEST WINDS
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA HAS MOVED FURTHER NORTHEAST INTO
SOUTHERN ONTARIO CANADA. ALTHOUGH GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING...THE WINDS WILL BE BELOW WIND ADVISORY
CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED.

$$

DAS

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.