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Wind Chill Advisory 14, NWS La Crosse, WI

January 27, 20104 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind chill advisory at Jan 27, 2010, 3:00 PM CST for 4 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jan 28, 2010, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 27, 2010, 3:00 PM CST (21:00 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 28, 2010, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 28, 2010, 10:00 AM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI

Counties Chickasaw County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2010-01-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2010-01-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
81 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory 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 wind chill advisory went out at Jan 27, 2:33 PM CST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 2:33 PM CST, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 2:45 PM CST, 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
245 PM CST WED JAN 27 2010

IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-281200-
CHICKASAW-DODGE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-HOWARD-MITCHELL-MOWER-OLMSTED-
245 PM CST WED JAN 27 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT BEGINNING AT MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING
THURSDAY...DURING WHICH TIME A WIND CHILL ADVISORY CONTINUES IN
EFFECT. FOR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...WINDS CHILLS
OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ARE ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NO ACTION IS NECESSARY.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

IAZ010-011-029-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-
061-281200-
ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE-GRANT-HOUSTON-
JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-
WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA-
245 PM CST WED JAN 27 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID
MORNING THURSDAY. FOR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...
WINDS CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ARE ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

NO ACTION IS NECESSARY.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

04/THOMPSON

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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.