Alert archive / Wisconsin / High Wind Warnings in 2010
High Wind Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this high wind warning at Oct 25, 2010, 3:27 PM CDT for 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota; 13 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Oct 26, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2010, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
All 28 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, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 7:14 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 43 | Waukon, IA | |
| Oct 26, 7:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | Mauston, WI | MAUSTON WRJC RADIO MEASURED WIND GUST OF 52 MILES PER HOUR |
| Oct 26, 8:01 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Castle Rock, WI | TREES DOWN ON WITEK ROAD |
| Oct 26, 9:29 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | 3 Sw Barre Mills, WI | |
| Oct 26, 10:28 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | 2 Sw Rochester, MN | |
| Oct 26, 10:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Greenwood, WI | ROOF BLOWN OFF 40X80 FOOT SHED ALONG HIGHWAY 73. TREE ALSO BLOWN DOWN. |
| Oct 26, 10:35 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 49 | 3 Se Platteville, WI | |
| Oct 26, 10:44 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | 2 Ese Canton, MN | |
| Oct 26, 10:49 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | 2 Se Eyota, MN | |
| Oct 26, 10:55 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | 2 S Prairie Du Chien, WI | |
| Oct 26, 10:55 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 47 | 2 Nw Viroqua, WI | |
| Oct 26, 11:09 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Waukon, IA | ALLAMAKEE COUNTY COURT HOUSE |
| Oct 26, 11:09 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Waukon, IA | |
| Oct 26, 11:35 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 45 | 3 E Charles City, IA | |
| Oct 26, 11:35 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 49 | 2 N Ionia, IA | |
| Oct 26, 11:43 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | 3 E La Crosse, WI | MEASURED AT NWS LA CROSSE OFFICE |
| Oct 26, 11:45 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 47 | 3 E Spring Valley, MN | |
| Oct 26, 11:53 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | 2 E Boscobel, WI | |
| Oct 26, 11:55 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | 2 E Austin, MN | |
| Oct 26, 2:10 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Platteville, WI | LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO CARS |
| Oct 26, 2:20 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 10 Nne Prairie Du Chien, WI | |
| Oct 26, 6:37 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 49 | 3 E Spring Valley, MN | |
| Oct 26, 7:59 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 3 E Spring Valley, MN | |
| Oct 26, 7:59 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 3 N Stewartville, MN | PEAK WIND GUST FROM ROCHESTER MN AIRPORT ASOS |
| Oct 26, 8:06 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 Se Eyota, MN | |
| Oct 26, 8:14 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Colby, WI | TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE CAUSED POWER OUTAGES AT COLBY AND UNITY |
| Oct 26, 9:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 47 | 2 Nw Wabasha, MN | |
| Oct 26, 9:30 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 E Taylor, WI | TREES DOWNED CAUSED A POWER OUTAGE FROM 930 PM TO MIDNIGHT ON OCTOBER 26TH |
| Oct 26, 9:45 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 7 E Loyal, WI | LOW PRESSURE READING 28.89 INCHES |
| Oct 26, 11:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Black River Falls, WI | POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN NEAR BLACK RIVER FALLS |
| Oct 26, 11:00 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Melrose, WI | POWER LINES DOWN NEAR MELROSE |
| Oct 26, 11:00 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Whitehall, WI | TREES DOWN ACROSS PARTS OF COUNTY. WORST DAMAGE BETWEEN WHITEHALL AND STRUM THAT SEEMS TO HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM. TREES BLOCKED ROADS IN SOME CASES. |
| Oct 26, 11:41 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Mondovi, WI | REPORT OF TREE DOWN WITHIN THE LAST HOUR |
| Oct 26, 11:41 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Viroqua, WI | SPORADIC TREES DOWN ACROSS VERNON COUNTY |
| Oct 26, 11:41 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Waumandee, WI | REPORT OF TREE DOWN WITHIN THE LAST HOUR |
| Oct 27, 12:00 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Strum, WI | TREE FELL ON VEHICLE AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Oct 27, 12:15 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 3 E Spring Valley, MN | |
| Oct 27, 1:15 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 3 S Rochester, MN | PINE TREE FELL ON POWER LINES OVERNIGHT |
| Oct 27, 1:35 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | Dodge Center, MN | |
| Oct 27, 1:53 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 4 Nnw La Crosse, WI | |
| Oct 27, 1:54 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Rochester, MN | |
| Oct 27, 2:11 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | 1 E La Crosse, WI | NWS OFFICE |
| Oct 27, 2:15 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Viroqua, WI | |
| Oct 27, 3:00 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 49 | 2 Nw Wabasha, MN | |
| Oct 27, 3:00 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Viroqua, WI | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY. LARGE TREE FELL ON POWER LINE IN LA FARGE AT 3 AM. WORSE DAMAGE WAS OVERNIGHT. |
| Oct 27, 3:18 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 50 | Neillsville, WI | |
| Oct 27, 3:56 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | 5 W Preston, MN | |
| Oct 27, 4:00 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 46 | 4 Sw Winona, MN | |
| Oct 27, 4:35 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Medford, WI | ROOF BLOWN OFF BUSINESS ON MAIN STREET ALONG WITH NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN MEDFORD AND RIB LAKE. TIME APPROXIMATED SINCE THERE WERE SEVERAL HIGH WIND GUSTS OVERNIGHT. |
| Oct 27, 4:55 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Medford, WI | |
| Oct 27, 5:30 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Rib Lake, WI | POWER OUTAGES REPORTED OVERNIGHT |
| Oct 27, 6:55 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | Dodge Center, MN | |
| Oct 27, 7:00 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Austin, MN | TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. |
| Oct 27, 7:00 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | La Crosse, WI | 30 REPORTS OF TREES DOWN AND TRAFFIC SIGNS DAMAGED. POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN AS WELL WITH SOME CANCELLED FLIGHTS OVERNIGHT AT AIRPORT. |
| Oct 27, 7:00 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Mantorville, MN | TREES DOWN IN VARIOUS PARTS OF COUNTY AND SHEET METAL FENCING BLOWN OFF AT FAIRGROUNDS. |
| Oct 27, 7:00 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Rochester, MN | SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND POSSIBLE ROOF DAMAGE TO APARTMENT BUILDING. |
| Oct 27, 7:09 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 43 | 2 Ne Rochester, MN | |
| Oct 27, 7:15 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Caledonia, MN | TREE DOWN ON SHED AND HORSE TRAILER |
| Oct 27, 7:15 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Mauston, WI | SEVERAL TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY. FEW POWER LINES AND POLES DOWN ALONG WITH DAMAGED CAUSED BY FALLING TREES. |
| Oct 27, 7:15 AM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Sparta, WI | FEW TREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY...SOME BLOCKING SINGLE LANES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
163 WWUS73 KARX 252027 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 327 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010 ...STRONG...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER KANSAS AND LIFT INTO IOWA TONIGHT. THIS LOW WILL THEN TRACK INTO MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY AND THEN INTO ONTARIO ON WEDNESDAY. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SLIGHTLY FOR A WHILE TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT WILL STILL BE STRONG. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-260600- /O.UPG.KARX.HW.A.0001.101026T1200Z-101028T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.HW.W.0001.101026T1200Z-101028T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 327 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE EARLY TUESDAY AND LAST THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SLIGHTLY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN LATER WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS...ALONG WITH HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST WINDS. * THESE WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ WETENKAMP WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
13 follow-up statements
352 WWUS73 KARX 260153 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 853 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TOMORROW INTO WEDNESDAY... .STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TOMORROW THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS A DEEPENING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE TRACKS THROUGH THE REGION. A LOT OF SIMILARITIES EXIST WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WHEN COMPARED TO THE NOVEMBER 10TH 1998 LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH TO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO START TOMORROW MORNING AFTER 7 AM AS THE LOW TRACKS NORTH ACROSS MINNESOTA. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-261000- /O.CON.KARX.HW.W.0001.101026T1200Z-101028T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 853 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TUESDAY TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AND LAST THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS...ALONG WITH HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST WINDS. * THESE WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ALONG ANY NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ HALBACH WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
677 WWUS73 KARX 260911 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 411 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED FROM TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THESE WINDS WILL BE PRODUCED BY AN UNUSUALLY STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY TRACKING THROUGH THE REGION. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE DURING THE DAY ON TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SLIGHTLY FOR A WHILE TONIGHT...BUT WILL STILL BE STRONG. A LOT OF SIMILARITIES EXIST WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM AND THE NOVEMBER 10TH 1998 STORM SYSTEM THAT PRODUCED WIND GUSTS GENERALLY IN THE 60 TO 70 MPH RANGE ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-261715- /O.CON.KARX.HW.W.0001.101026T1200Z-101028T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 411 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE THIS MORNING AND LAST THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS...ALONG WITH HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST WINDS. * THESE WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... PARTICULARLY ALONG ANY NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE GUSTY WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ BOYNE WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
630 WWUS73 KARX 261222 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 722 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THESE WINDS WILL BE PRODUCED BY AN UNUSUALLY STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY TRACKING THROUGH THE REGION. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE DURING THE DAY TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SLIGHTLY FOR A WHILE TONIGHT...BUT WILL STILL BE STRONG. THERE ARE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THIS STORM SYSTEM AND THE NOVEMBER 10TH 1998 STORM SYSTEM THAT PRODUCED WIND GUSTS IN THE 60 TO 70 MPH RANGE ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-262030- /O.CON.KARX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 722 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE THIS MORNING AND LAST THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS...ALONG WITH HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST WINDS. * THESE WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ RIECK WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
647 WWUS73 KARX 261519 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1019 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...WIND SPEEDS INCREASING ACROSS THE AREA... .STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINDS HAVE BEEN INCREASING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS AN UNUSUALLY STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN. SO FAR THIS MORNING...WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED...WHILE PLATTEVILLE WISCONSIN HAS SEEN A GUST OF 48 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE DURING THE DAY TODAY AND THEN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. WIND SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SLIGHTLY FOR A WHILE TONIGHT...BUT WILL REMAIN STRONG. THERE ARE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THIS STORM SYSTEM AND THE NOVEMBER 10TH 1998 STORM SYSTEM THAT PRODUCED WIND GUSTS IN THE 60 TO 70 MPH RANGE ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-262330- /O.CON.KARX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1019 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE THIS MORNING AND LAST THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS...ALONG WITH HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST WINDS. * THESE WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ BROOKS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
652 WWUS73 KARX 261846 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 146 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...STRONG WINDS OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA... .SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...GUSTING TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THESE WINDS ARE OCCURRING AS AN UNUSUALLY STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN OVER NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. SUSTAINED WINDSPEEDS HAVE BEEN MEASURED BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH SOME PLACES SEEING THE WINDS NEARING 40 MPH. ALSO...SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA RECORDED GUSTS OF 45 TO 49 MPH. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN FURTHER YET THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN AFTER DECREASING SLIGHTLY TONIGHT...WILL INCREASE AGAIN DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THERE ARE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THIS STORM SYSTEM AND THE NOVEMBER 10TH 1998 STORM SYSTEM THAT PRODUCED WIND GUSTS IN THE 60 TO 70 MPH RANGE ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-270300- /O.CON.KARX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 146 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN SPEEDS THIS EVENING BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS...ALONG WITH HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST WINDS. * THESE WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ BROOKS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
476 WWUS73 KARX 262055 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 355 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...STRONG WINDS INTO THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .LOOK FOR VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT BUT WILL REMAIN STRONG WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PICK UP AGAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS REACHING 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. WIDESPREAD WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WERE OBSERVED THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE SOME LOCATIONS SAW SUSTAINED WINDS APPROACHING 40 MPH. DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA HAD A WIND GUST OF 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WHILE ROCHESTER MINNESOTA GUSTED TO 47 MPH. ALSO...THERE WAS A 51 MPH WIND GUST OBSERVED ON THE BLUFFS ABOVE LA CROSSE WISCONSIN. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-270500- /O.CON.KARX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 355 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG THROUGH THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN SPEEDS THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE SPEEDS INCREASE AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. * SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS...ALONG WITH HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST WINDS. * THESE WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ BROOKS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
845 WWUS73 KARX 270000 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 700 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .LOOK FOR VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 7 AM AND NOON ON WEDNESDAY. THE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING IN THE WAKE OF A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NOW OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA. AS THIS SYSTEM WEAKENS AND LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH ONTARIO WEDNESDAY EVENING...PLAN ON WINDS TO DIMINISH. WIDESPREAD WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WERE OBSERVED THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE SOME LOCATIONS SAW SUSTAINED WINDS APPROACHING 40 MPH. MANY LOCATIONS SAW GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...SUCH AS PLATTEVILLE...LA CROSSE AND ROCHESTER. IN ADDITION...THE WINDS BROUGHT DOWN A LARGE TREE ONTO CARS IN PLATTEVILLE WISCONSIN. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-270800- /O.CON.KARX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 700 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 7 AM AND NOON ON WEDNESDAY. PLAN ON WINDS TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS...ALONG WITH HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST WINDS. * THESE WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
932 WWUS73 KARX 270403 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1103 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .LOOK FOR VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY... WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 7 AM AND NOON ON WEDNESDAY. THE WINDY CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING IN THE WAKE OF A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NOW OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA. AS THIS SYSTEM WEAKENS AND LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH ONTARIO WEDNESDAY EVENING... PLAN ON WINDS TO DIMINISH. WIDESPREAD WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WERE OBSERVED DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...WHILE SOME LOCATIONS SAW SUSTAINED WINDS APPROACHING 40 MPH. MANY LOCATIONS ALSO REPORTED GUSTS OF 45 TO 60 MPH...SUCH AS PLATTEVILLE...LA CROSSE AND ROCHESTER. IN ADDITION...THE WINDS BROUGHT DOWN A LARGE TREE ONTO CARS IN PLATTEVILLE WISCONSIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-271215- /O.CON.KARX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1103 PM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT WEDNESDAY. * VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED BETWEEN 7 AM AND NOON ON WEDNESDAY. PLAN ON WINDS TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS...ALONG WITH HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST WINDS. * THESE WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
792 WWUS73 KARX 270914 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 414 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...STRONG WINDS TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE AND THE WIND GUSTS WILL BE AS HIGH AS 60 MPH. THESE WINDS ARE BEING PRODUCED BY AN UNUSUALLY DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER WESTERN ONTARIO. AS THIS SYSTEM WEAKENS AND MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH ONTARIO THIS EVENING...PLAN ON THE WINDS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-271715- /O.CON.KARX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 414 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. OPEN AND UN SHELTERED AREAS...ALONG WITH HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST WINDS. * THESE WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ BOYNE WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
123 WWUS73 KARX 271421 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 921 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUING... .STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AS AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BLOW AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...THEN AS THE STORM SYSTEM EDGES AWAY FROM THE REGION LATER ON THIS EVENING THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES...AS WELL AS SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS THIS MORNING HAVE BEEN IN THE 25 TO 40 MPH RANGE WHILE GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH HAVE OCCURRED AT VOLK FIELD WISCONSIN AS WELL AS DODGE CENTER AND ROCHESTER MINNESOTA. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-272230- /O.CON.KARX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 921 AM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. OPEN AND UN SHELTERED AREAS...ALONG WITH HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST WINDS. * THESE WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ BROOKS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
041 WWUS73 KARX 271825 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 125 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...WINDS TO REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS RANGING FROM 25 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH HAS CAUSED THESE WINDS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHWEST ONTARIO AND WEAKEN AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...HOWEVER WILL REMAIN QUITE BREEZY THROUGH THURSDAY. DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WHICH HAS CAUSED SOME POWER OUTAGES. ALSO...THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AS WELL AS MANY HOMES WITH SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. TOP SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS HAVE BEEN IN THE 25 TO 45 MPH RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WHILE GUSTS TO 58 MPH OCCURRED AT PLATTEVILLE WISCONSIN AS WELL AS CANTON MINNESOTA. THESE STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-280000- /O.CON.KARX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 125 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. * SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS...ALONG WITH HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST WINDS. * THESE WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ BROOKS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
162 WWUS73 KARX 272041 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 341 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...STRONG WINDS CONTINUE BUT WILL BE DIMINISHING THROUGH THIS EVENING... .STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AT 25 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS APPROACHING 60 MPH. THE ENTIRE SYSTEM THAT HAS BROUGHT THESE HIGH WINDS TO THE AREA IS WEAKENING AND MOVING AWAY FROM THE REGION...WHICH WILL ALLOW THE WINDS TO DECREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING. THEY WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS YET THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS ACROSS THE AREA OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES WHICH HAS CAUSED POWER OUTAGES. ALSO...STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AS WELL AS ROOF DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA. WIDESPREAD WIND SPEEDS TODAY HAVE BEEN IN THE 25 TO 45 MPH RANGE...WHILE TOP GUSTS OF 58 TO 64 MPH WERE RECORDED AT LOCATIONS INCLUDING SPRING VALLEY...EYOTA...AND CANTON MINNESOTA AS WELL AS NECEDAH AND PLATTEVILLE WISCONSIN. THESE STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-280000- /O.CON.KARX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 341 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY EARLY EVENING. * SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS...ALONG WITH HIGHER TERRAIN...WILL EXPERIENCE THE STRONGEST WINDS. * THESE WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES AND MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... PARTICULARLY ALONG NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS ALSO WILL BE BLOWN AROUND BY THESE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ BROOKS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
761 WWUS73 KARX 272352 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 652 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...WINDS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION... .THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT THE STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS TO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH ONTARIO. AS A RESULT...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AS OF 6 PM HAVE DECREASED TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. PLAN ON THE WINDS TO HOLD NEARLY STEADY TONIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH ON THURSDAY AS THE SYSTEM MOVES FARTHER AWAY FROM THE REGION. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-280100- /O.EXP.KARX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-101028T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 652 PM CDT WED OCT 27 2010 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH THE STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED...STILL PLAN ON WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH ON THURSDAY AND EVEN MORE THURSDAY NIGHT AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this high wind warning went out at Oct 25, 3:20 AM CDT, 12 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 25, 3:20 AM CDT, 12 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
320 AM CDT MON OCT 25 2010
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SIGNIFICANT WIND THREAT...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND THREAT...FOR TUE
AND WED.
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL DRIVE FROM THE PAC NW THIS
MORNING...ACROSS THE PLAINS TONIGHT...
STRENGTHENING/DEEPENING/BECOMING NEGATIVELY TILTED AS IT THEN
IMPACTS THE REGION TUE INTO THU. RAPID CYCLOGENESIS AT THE
SFC...WITH PRESSURE DROPPING 15 TO 20 MB FROM 00Z TUE-00Z WED. THE
LOW CENTER IS CURRENTLY PROGGED TO LIFT INTO NORTHERN WI TUE
MORNING...CONTINUING INTO SOUTHERN CANADA TUES NIGHT. AN UNDER
CUTTING 150 KT UPPER LEVEL JET WILL AID IN DEEPENING THE SYSTEM AT
FIRST...AND THEN ACT TO CUT IT OFF FROM THE MEAN FLOW AS A CLOSED
UPPER LEVEL LOW DEVELOPS AND THE SYSTEM BECOMES STACKED. THE SYSTEM
WON/T HOLD ACROSS THE REGION FOR TOO LONG...AS A RIDGE STARTS TO
PRESS IN FROM THE WEST BY THU MORNING THANKS TO A NUDGE FROM ANOTHER
300 MB JET NOSING INTO THE PAC NW.
WITH THE STORM SYSTEM NEARLY BOMBING OUT ACROSS THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER...STRONG WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT RAPIDLY TIGHTENS AND STAYS THIS WAY INTO THU MORNING.
25.00Z GFS AND NAM POINT TO STRONG QG DIVERGENCE IN THE LOW LAYERS
ACROSS THE SOUTH //IOWA// ON TUE....WHICH SHIFTS MORE NORTH ON WED
WITH THE BETTER DIVERGENCE A BIT MORE A LOFT. THE STRONGEST 850 MB
COLD AIR ADVECTION LOOKS TO BE TUES MORNING...WITH ANOTHER SHOT OF
COLD AIR WED AFT/EVENING. A SOUTHWEST-NORTHEAST RUNNING X-SECTION
CONTINUES TO SHOW A SIGNIFICANT TROP FOLD CENTERED ON 18Z
TUE...SUGGESTING A STRONG POTENTIAL FOR BRINGING DOWN WINDS A LOFT.
LOOKING AT BUFKIT SOUNDINGS...PRETTY MOIST AND RELATIVELY STABLE ON
TUE...AND THUS LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE RATHER LOW. STRONGEST WINDS
VIA THE NAM ARE ABOUT 4 KFT AT 60 KTS. IT SHOULD BE CLOUDY FOR MOST
OF TUE ALSO...PER THE SOUNDINGS AND RH FIELDS...AND THUS A LOT OF
THE POTENTIAL DEEP MIXING WILL BE INHIBITED. THE INDICATED TROP FOLD
AND STRONG LOW LEVEL COLD AIR ADVECTION COULD OVERCOME THIS
HOWEVER...AND STRONG WINDS ARE STILL ANTICIPATED ON TUES. ON
WED...WITH THE HEART OF THE SYSTEM SHIFTING INTO CANADA...THE
SOUTHERN 1/3 OF THE FORECAST AREA HAS A BETTER CHANCE TO GET OUT OF
THE CLOUDS FOR A BIT...AND THUS A GREATER POTENTIAL FOR MIXING. LOW
LEVEL LAPSE RATES MUCH STRONGER...UPWARDS OF 8-9 C/KM FROM THE SFC
THROUGH 750-700 MB. ALSO...AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL HAVE SWEPT
THROUGH THE REGION ON TUES...LEADING TO A DRIER AIR MASS. INVERTED-V
SOUNDINGS ON WED WOULD FAVOR STRONGER WIND GUSTS.
TAKING A QUICK LOOK AT THE ANOMALIES...THE 24.12Z GFES 500 MB
ANOMALY CONTINUES AT -2.5 TO -3 ON TUES...LESSENING SOMEWHAT TO
AROUND -2 ON WED. 850 MB WINDS RANGE FROM 4 TO 6. THIS CONTINUES TO
POINT TO THE OVERALL STRENGTH OF THIS FALL SYSTEM...AND ITS
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS.
IT WILL BE WINDY TUE AND WED...CONTINUING INTO THU BUT GRADUALLY
WEAKENING LATER THAT DAY. HOW WINDY IS THE MAIN QUESTION. LOTS OF
ELEMENTS WILL PLAY A ROLL IN THE WINDS AND A COUPLE TIME FRAMES
STAND OUT. BELIEVE THE TROP FOLD AND 850 MB COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL
BE MAJOR FACTORS ON TUES...WHICH WOULD FAVOR STRONG WINDS ALREADY BY
EARLY THAT MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THINK STRONG
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE A BIGGER CONCERN THAN HIGH GUSTS...AS
SOUNDINGS AREN/T ALL THAT SUPPORTIVE OF GUSTINESS. THAT SAID...THERE
CERTAINLY WILL STILL BE STRONG GUSTS ON TUE...BUT PERHAPS NOT AS
HIGH AS WED. ON WED...SOMEWHAT DRIER SOUNDINGS AND BETTER POTENTIAL
FOR MIXING WILL BE BIGGER FACTORS. THESE WOULD FAVOR AT LEAST THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONGER WIND GUSTS.
WIND ADVISORIES AND/OR WARNINGS WILL BE NEEDED FOR TUE AND
WED...POSSIBLY INTO THU. PER COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING
OFFICES...WILL HOLD ONTO THE WATCH FOR NOW. FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT
THAT MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL NEED A WARNING...BUT WILL LET
THE DAYSHIFT WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBORS TO IRON OUT THE DETAILS.
WHETHER ITS A WARNING AND/OR ADVISORY...LOOK FOR THE WATCH TO BE
UPGRADED THIS AFTERNOON...AND VERY STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS TO
IMPACT THE AREA FROM TUE MORNING THROUGH WED NIGHT.
WHILE WINDS DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE STORM SYSTEM IS THE BIGGEST
CONCERN THIS WEEK...THE STORM WILL ALSO BRING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. NOT MUCH
INSTABILITY INDICATED...EITHER MUCAPE OR DOWN DRAFT CAPE. ALSO...AS
MENTIONED EARLIER...SOUNDINGS POINT TO SATURATION TO THE SFC AND ARE
RELATIVELY STABLE. ANY CAPE INDICATED HERE IS SMALL AND SKINNY...NOT
FAVORABLE FOR STRONGER UPDRAFTS...AND THEN DOWNDRAFTS. DON/T SEE
MUCH OF A SEVERE THREAT AT THIS TIME...OTHER THAN THE POTENTIAL FOR
ENHANCING THE ALREADY STRONG GRADIENT WINDS. CERTAINLY...CONDITIONS
AND RADAR TRENDS WILL HAVE TO BE CLOSELY MONITORED...BUT ANY
STRONGER WINDS MAY ALREADY BE COVERED BY AND AREA WIDE HIGH WIND
WARNINGS AND/OR ADVISORIES.
.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
THE MID WEEK STORM SYSTEM WILL GIVE WAY TO AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ON
THU...WHICH SHOULD BRING SOME QUIETER CONDITIONS FOR A COUPLE DAYS.
A GLANCING BLOW OF SOME COLDER AIR ON THU WILL QUICKLY MODERATE BACK
TO SEASONABLE...EVEN MILD TEMPERATURES AS WINDS PICK UP FROM
THE SOUTH STARTING FRI NIGHT. ITS A FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE WEATHER
PATTERN...SO THE RIDGE WON/T HANG AROUND FOR TOO LONG WITH BOTH THE
GFS AND ECMWF BRINGING AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH OUT OF THE
ROCKIES AND ACROSS THE REGION SAT NIGHT. SOME POTENTIAL FOR RAIN
WITH THIS FEATURE.
&&
.AVIATION...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
IFR AND MVFR CEILINGS WILL GRADUALLY RISE THIS MORNING...AND BECOME
VFR BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE
THIS SHOULD OCCUR AT KRST AROUND 15.18Z AND AT KLSE AROUND 15.19Z.
THE CEILINGS WILL QUICKLY LOWER BACK TO IFR AND MVFR CATEGORIES
SHORTLY AFTER THE STRONG FRONTAL PASSAGE. THIS SHOULD OCCUR AT KRST
AROUND 26.08Z AND AT KLSE AROUND 26.10Z. THERE MAY BE SOME
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG/AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. DUE TO THIS...VCTS WILL
PROBABLY BE ADDED A COUPLE OF HOURS AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. IN
THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT...CEILINGS WILL BECOME IFR AND MVFR.
THE BIGGER STORY FROM TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE STRONG WINDS.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF AROUND 30 KNOTS WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 KNOTS
/IF NOT HIGHER/ ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE WIND
DIRECTION WILL BE PREDOMINANTLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR WIZ017-WIZ029-WIZ032-WIZ033-WIZ034-WIZ041-WIZ042-WIZ043-
WIZ044-WIZ053-WIZ054-WIZ055-WIZ061.
MN...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR MNZ079-MNZ086-MNZ087-MNZ088-MNZ094-MNZ095-MNZ096.
IA...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR IAZ008-IAZ009-IAZ010-IAZ011-IAZ018-IAZ019-IAZ029-IAZ030.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM... RIECK
AVIATION.......... BOYNEHazardous weather outlook, Oct 25, 2:59 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 259 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-261000- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE- FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE- MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON- WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA- 259 PM CDT MON OCT 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL SPARK A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING...AN UNUSUALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...AND WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 60 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE VERY STRONG WINDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES...AND MAKE DRIVING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. THESE VERY STRONG WINDS COULD ALSO CAPSIZE SMALL BOATS IN THE OPEN WATER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ISOLATED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. WIND MEASUREMENTS AND REPORTS OF ANY DAMAGE FROM TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. BOYNE/BAUMGARDT
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High Wind Warnings in Wisconsin, 2010High Wind Warnings in Iowa, 2010High Wind Warnings in Minnesota, 2010Every high wind warning in 2010
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.