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Wind Advisory 3, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2008, 5:35 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota; 11 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2008, 5:35 AM CDT (10:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2008, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
All 26 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, 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), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:41 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 2427 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 456 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 161035 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 535 AM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... .WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE THE RULE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS HAVE BEEN RUNNING IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE THROUGH MUCH OF OVERNIGHT. THERE HAS EVEN BEEN AN OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. THESE WIND GUSTS WILL LIKELY BECOME FREQUENT THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON...THEN THE SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL START TO SLOWLY DECREASE IN SPEED AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-161845- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0003.080416T1035Z-080416T2000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 535 AM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP 45 MPH THROUGH 3 PM....THEN THE SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL START TO SLOWLY DECREASE IN SPEED AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. THESE WINDS MAY KNOCK SOME LARGE BRANCHES DOWN...AND COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ON EAST WEST ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 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 WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KARX 161345 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 845 AM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ...STRONG WINDS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...WERE AFFECTING THE REGION AT MID MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WERE FOUND ACROSS THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...ALONG WITH AREA RIDGE- TOPS. EXPECT SOME INCREASE IN THE WINDS BY LATE MORNING...INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THE SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL START TO SLOWLY DECREASE IN SPEED BY MID AFTERNOON...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-162000- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080416T2000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 845 AM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS UP 45 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TODAY. THE SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL START TO SLOWLY DECREASE IN SPEED BY 3 PM AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST. THESE WINDS MAY KNOCK SOME LARGE BRANCHES DOWN...AND COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ON EAST WEST ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 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. $$ RIECK WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS73 KARX 161619 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1118 AM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ...STRONG WINDS WILL DECREASE LATER THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH... WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...ALONG WITH AREA RIDGE-TOPS. THE SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL START TO DECREASE IN SPEED BY MID AFTERNOON...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-162000- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080416T2000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1118 AM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS UP 40 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS WILL START TO DECREASE IN SPEED BY 3 PM AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE WEST. THESE WINDS MAY KNOCK SOME LARGE BRANCHES DOWN...AND COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING ON EAST WEST ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. 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. $$ RIECK WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
000 WWUS73 KARX 161940 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 240 PM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ...WINDS ON THE DECREASE... .THE WINDS CONTINUE WEAKEN AT MID AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS INTO THE REGION. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS THOUGH...SWINGING FROM THE SOUTH TO THE WEST AS THE FRONT PASSES. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-162045- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-080416T2000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 240 PM CDT WED APR 16 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS HAVE BEEN ON THE DECREASE...AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...THE WINDS WILL STAY BREEZY THROUGH EARLY EVENING...IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE. $$ RIECK 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.