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Wind Advisory 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Mar 23, 2009, 3:00 AM CDT for 6 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 23, 2009, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2009, 3:00 AM CDT (08:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2009, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 15 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 08:00 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, 8.0 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
- 1604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
4 follow-up statements
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
000 WWUS73 KARX 232355 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 655 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY EXPIRES AT 7 PM... .WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-240100- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090324T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-DODGE-OLMSTED- MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 655 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVERNIGHT. THE WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Iowa, 2009Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2009Every wind advisory in 2009
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.