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Wind Advisory 4, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Jun 6, 2008, 7:05 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2008, 7:05 AM CDT (12:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 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 11:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 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
- 231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KARX 061205 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 705 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR A RATHER TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-062015- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0004.080606T1205Z-080606T2300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 705 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY 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. $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS73 KARX 061516 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1016 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED TODAY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 OR EVEN 50 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY FOR HIGHER TERRAIN AND OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. THE WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE DAKOTAS. EXPECT THE WINDS TO TURN MORE SOUTHWESTERLY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. A RAPID DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS WILL OCCUR DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-062300- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080606T2300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1016 AM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 OR EVEN 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 30 MPH... OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. BE AWARE FOR FALLING TREE LIMBS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN BROKEN FROM STRONG WINDS OVERNIGHT IN THUNDERSTORMS. $$ BINAU WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
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
000 WWUS73 KARX 062250 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 550 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH... .AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA...WINDS WERE SLOWLY DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. WHILE SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL REMAIN RATHER BREEZY YET THIS EVENING...SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-070000- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080606T2300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 550 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE IT WILL REMAIN RATHER BREEZY THIS EVENING...WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH AS THE EVENING WEARS ON. $$ MW WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek | 34 min |
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.