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Wind Advisory 1, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Apr 10, 2008, 3:09 AM CDT for 6 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 10, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2008, 3:09 AM CDT (08:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 10, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 08:13 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 00:00Z, 8.2 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
- 1188 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 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 100809 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 309 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...STRONG EASTERLY WINDS TODAY... .SUSTAINED EASTERLY WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON OVER OPEN AREAS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN RESPONSE TO A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MOVE TOWARD THE AREA. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ON NORTH AND SOUTH ROADS WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE STRONG WINDS. ADDITIONALLY...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS MAKING TRAVEL ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-101615- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0001.080410T1500Z-080411T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 309 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH...OUT OF THE EAST...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTS TO 40 OR 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOST WIND PRONE AREAS. 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. $$ BINAU WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KARX 101234 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 734 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...STRONG EASTERLY WINDS TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE MORNING... .SUSTAINED EASTERLY WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH...NOW DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN IOWA...WILL COME NORTH LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON OVER OPEN AREAS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN RESPONSE TO A POTENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND MOVE TOWARD THE AREA. DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ON NORTH AND SOUTH ROADS WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE STRONG WINDS. ADDITIONALLY...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONG WINDS MAKING TRAVEL ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-102045- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0001.080410T1500Z-080411T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 734 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH...OUT OF THE EAST...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTS TO 40 OR 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOST WIND PRONE AREAS. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ BINAU WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS73 KARX 101555 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1055 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...STRONG EAST WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS THIS MORNING. AS THE SAME TIME...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WAS LOCATED NEAR HUDSON BAY IN CANADA. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG EAST WINDS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SPEEDS IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AS WELL. SOME SLEET OR SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY MIX IN WITH THE RAIN. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-110000- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080411T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1055 AM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG EAST WINDS WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE EARLY THIS EVENING. 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. $$ 04 WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS73 KARX 101845 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 145 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...STRONG EAST WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER CENTRAL KANSAS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AS THE SAME TIME...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WAS LOCATED NEAR HUDSON BAY IN CANADA. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG EAST WINDS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SPEEDS IN THE ADVISORY AREA WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY AS WELL. SOME SLEET OR SNOW MAY OCCASIONALLY MIX IN WITH THE RAIN. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN DIMINISHING DURING THE EVENING...BUT THE ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED FOR A FEW HOURS INTO THE EVENING UNTIL THE WINDS START TO DIE DOWN. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-110000- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080411T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 145 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG EAST WINDS WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE DURING THE EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ 04 WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS73 KARX 102027 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 327 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...STRONG EAST WINDS TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING... .AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM NORTHERN KANSAS INTO WESTERN IOWA THIS EVENING...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AHEAD OF THE LOW WILL BEGIN TO RELAX. THIS WILL ALLOW THE STRONG EAST WINDS TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. UNTIL THE WINDS DIMINISH...EXPECTED THE WINDS TO REMAIN EAST WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH. THESE SPEEDS SHOULD THEN DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. IF THE WINDS DO NOT DIMINISH AS QUICKLY AS ANTICIPATED...IT STILL MAY BE NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE ADVISORY FOR A FEW HOURS THIS EVENING. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-110000- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080411T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 327 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. STRONG EAST WINDS WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH WILL ALSO OCCUR. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE DURING THE EVENING. 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. $$ 04 WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS73 KARX 102243 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 543 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...STRONG EAST WINDS CONTINUE... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER NORTHWEST MISSOURI WAS CAUSING VERY STRONG EAST WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MANY AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA HAD SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 40 THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. ALTHOUGH THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING... THEY WILL REMAIN STRONG FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. IT STILL MAY BE NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE ADVISORY FOR A FEW HOURS THIS EVENING. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-110000- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080411T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 543 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... STRONG EAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH... WILL CONTINUE WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE SHEA
000 WWUS73 KARX 110000 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 700 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW THROUGH THE EVENING... .AN APPROACHING STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE HIGH WIND OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AT TIMES. AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA GETS CLOSER TONIGHT...THE WINDS SHOULD SLACKEN SOMEWHAT SO THE ADVISORY WILL ONLY BE EXTENDED UNTIL 10 PM. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-110300- /O.EXT.KARX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080411T0300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 700 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. THIS MAY KNOCK SOME LARGE BRANCHES OR TREES DOWN AND COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ON NORTH SOUTH ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE SHEA
000 WWUS73 KARX 110253 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 953 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH... .STRONG EAST WINDS AHEAD OF A LARGE SPRING STORM WILL ACTUALLY DIMINISH SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT AS THE STORM TRACKS TOWARDS THE AREA. IT WILL STILL BE WINDY BUT SUSTAINED SPEEDS WILL DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS DROPPING DOWN TO 35 MPH OR LESS. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-110400- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080411T0300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 953 PM CDT THU APR 10 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE SINCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. IT WILL STILL REMAIN RELATIVELY WINDY THOUGH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH AT TIMES UNTIL DAYBREAK FRIDAY. $$ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
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.