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Heat Advisory 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this heat advisory at Jun 29, 2011, 5:22 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 30, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2011, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 30, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2011, 8:37 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 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 22:23 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, 10.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1281 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
065 WWUS73 KARX 292222 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 522 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...HOT AND HUMID AIR TO MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA ON THURSDAY... .A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA ON THURSDAY...IN THE WAKE OF A WARM FRONT CROSSING THE AREA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE LOW 90S COMBINED WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL...BEFORE A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-300630- /O.NEW.KARX.HT.Y.0002.110630T1800Z-110701T0500Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 522 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY NIGHT. * LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE LOW 90S THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN ONLY SLOWLY DROP THURSDAY EVENING. COMBINED WITH THE HUMIDITY...HEAT INDICES WILL HOVER AROUND 100 FOR MUCH OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...DIAL 9 1 1. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
7 follow-up statements
574 WWUS73 KARX 300247 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 947 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...HOT AND HUMID AIR TO MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA ON THURSDAY... .A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA ON THURSDAY...IN THE WAKE OF A WARM FRONT CROSSING THE AREA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE LOW 90S COMBINED WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AS WELL...BEFORE A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-301100- /O.CON.KARX.HT.Y.0002.110630T1800Z-110701T0500Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 947 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CDT THURSDAY NIGHT... * LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE LOW 90S THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN ONLY SLOWLY DROP THURSDAY EVENING. COMBINED WITH THE HUMIDITY...HEAT INDICES WILL HOVER AROUND 100 FOR MUCH OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...DIAL 9 1 1. && $$ SITE WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
039 WWUS73 KARX 300852 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 352 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY... .A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY. THE AIRMASS WILL MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE 90S. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOOK FOR THE HOT AND HUMID AIR TO SPREAD EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE MID 90S TO AROUND 100 ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ON FRIDAY WITH HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 110 DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING...BEFORE A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH IAZ010-011-029-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044- 053>055-061-301700- /O.NEW.KARX.HT.Y.0003.110701T1700Z-110702T0100Z/ WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA... MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 352 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE MID 90S TO AROUND 100 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 110 FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...DIAL 9 1 1. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-301700- /O.EXT.KARX.HT.Y.0002.110630T1800Z-110702T0100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 352 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY... * LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE LOW 90S THIS AFTERNOON...THEN ONLY SLOWLY DROP THIS EVENING. COMBINED WITH THE HUMIDITY...HEAT INDICES WILL HOVER AROUND 100 FOR MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON. * THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...DIAL 9 1 1. && $$ WETENKAMP WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
459 WWUS73 KARX 301508 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1008 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...HOT AND MUGGY CONDITIONS MOVING IN... .LATE THIS MORNING...A MUGGY AIR MASS WAS QUICKLY SHIFTING INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. THE WARMEST AND MOST MOISTURE-RICH AIR WILL BE FOUND OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA TODAY...WHERE WITH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S. THE COMBINATION OF THESE TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOOK FOR THE HOT AND HUMID AIR TO SPREAD EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE MID 90S TO AROUND 100 ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ON FRIDAY. WITH VERY MUGGY AIR IN PLACE...HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 110 ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING SOME RELIEF FROM THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT FOR SATURDAY. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-302315- /O.CON.KARX.HT.Y.0002.110630T1800Z-110702T0100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1008 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY... * TEMPERATURES NEAR 90 AND MUGGY AIR WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES NEAR 100 THROUGH EVENING. * SOME RELIEF WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT WHEN THE HEAT INDICES DROP INTO THE MIDDLE 70S. * OPPRESSIVE AND DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WITH HEAT INDICES NEAR 105. * THE HOT AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...DIAL 9 1 1. && $$ IAZ010-011-029-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044- 053>055-061-302315- /O.CON.KARX.HT.Y.0003.110701T1700Z-110702T0100Z/ WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA... MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1008 AM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY... * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE MID 90S TO AROUND 100 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH VERY MUGGY AIR...WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 110 FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...DIAL 9 1 1. && $$ BAUMGARDT WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
472 WWUS73 KARX 302008 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 308 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100F TO 105F THROUGH EARLY EVENING... .A MUGGY AIR MASS SURGED INTO THE AREA TODAY...ALONG WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOW 90S. THIS WAS CREATING HEAT INDEX VALUES...OR THE TEMPERATURE YOUR BODY FEELS...IN THE 100 TO 105 RANGE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST UNTIL SUNSET. A SLOW DECREASE IN THE HEAT INDEX WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT...BUT IT WILL STILL BE WARM AND MUGGY OVERNIGHT...WITH LOWS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. LOOK FOR THE DANGEROUSLY HOT AND HUMID AIR TO SPREAD EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FOR FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE 95 TO 100 DEGREE RANGE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA ON FRIDAY. WITH VERY MUGGY AIR IN PLACE...HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 110 ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON...INTO THE EARLY EVENING. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WILL END THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT FOR THE WEEKEND. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-010415- /O.CON.KARX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110702T0100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 308 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FRIDAY... * TEMPERATURES NEAR 90 AND MUGGY AIR WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES NEAR 100 THROUGH EVENING. * SOME RELIEF WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT WHEN THE HEAT INDICES DROP INTO THE MIDDLE 70S. * OPPRESSIVE AND DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WITH HEAT INDICES NEAR 105. * THE HOT AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...DIAL 9 1 1. && $$ IAZ010-011-029-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044- 053>055-061-010415- /O.CON.KARX.HT.Y.0003.110701T1700Z-110702T0100Z/ WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA... MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 308 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY... * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE MID 90S TO AROUND 100 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH VERY MUGGY AIR...WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 110 FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...DIAL 9 1 1. && $$ BAUMGARDT WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
813 WWUS73 KARX 010145 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 845 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...MUGGY NIGHT TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY OPPRESSIVE HEAT FOR FRIDAY... .THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY...HIGH HUMIDITY...A BREEZY SOUTH WIND AND CLOUDS MOVING ACROSS WILL MAINTAIN WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. LOWS ARE ONLY EXPECTED IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. LOOK FOR A DANGEROUSLY HOT AND HUMID DAY ON FRIDAY ACROSS ALL OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION. PLAN ON TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE 95 TO 100 DEGREE RANGE. WITH VERY MUGGY AIR IN PLACE...HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 115 ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WILL END THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT FOR THE WEEKEND. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-010945- /O.CON.KARX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110702T0100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 845 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT FRIDAY... * AFTER HEAT INDICES IN THE 100 TO 105 RANGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON...LOOK FOR HEAT INDICES TO SLOWLY DROP DOWN INTO THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S OVERNIGHT. * OPPRESSIVE AND DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WITH HEAT INDICES NEAR 105. * THE HOT AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...DIAL 9 1 1. && $$ IAZ010-011-029-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044- 053>055-061-010945- /O.CON.KARX.HT.Y.0003.110701T1700Z-110702T0100Z/ WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA... MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 845 PM CDT THU JUN 30 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY... * TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB INTO THE MID 90S TO AROUND 100 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THESE TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH VERY MUGGY AIR...WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 115 FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. * THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...DIAL 9 1 1. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
732 WWUS73 KARX 010855 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 355 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...OPPRESSIVE HEAT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S TODAY. THERE MAY BE EVEN A FEW LOCATIONS THAT CLIMB ABOVE THE CENTURY MARK. IN ADDITION TO THE HOT TEMPERATURES...IT WILL ALSO REMAIN VERY HUMID. THIS COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR...AND 110 TO 115 DEGREES ELSEWHERE. HEAT INDICES HAVE NOT BEEN THIS HIGH IN THE AREA SINCE AUGUST 6 2000. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT WILL BRING AN END TO THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-011700- /O.CON.KARX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110702T0100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 355 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * OPPRESSIVE AND DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH HEAT INDICES OF 110 TO 115. * THE HOT AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...DIAL 9 1 1. && $$ IAZ010-011-029-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044- 053>055-061-011700- /O.CON.KARX.HT.Y.0003.110701T1700Z-110702T0100Z/ WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA... MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 355 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * OPPRESSIVE AND DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR...AND 110 TO 115 DEGREES ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA. * THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...DIAL 9 1 1. && $$ BOYNE WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
690 WWUS73 KARX 011337 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 837 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...EXTREME HEAT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB TOWARD THE 100 DEGREE MARK TODAY AFTER A WARM NIGHT WITH LOWS ONLY DROPPING TO AROUND 80. IN ADDITION TO THESE HOT TEMPERATURES...HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN VERY HIGH AND WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR...AND 110 TO 115 DEGREES ELSEWHERE. HEAT INDICES HAVE NOT BEEN THIS HIGH IN THE AREA IN OVER 10 YEARS. DUE TO THE HIGH TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HEAT INDICES YESTERDAY...LAST NIGHT AND TODAY...THE HEAT ADVISORY HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT WILL BRING AN END TO THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-012145- /O.UPG.KARX.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110702T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.EH.W.0001.110701T1337Z-110702T0200Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 837 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * OPPRESSIVE AND DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 115 DEGREES. * THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS FROM YESTERDAY THROUGH TODAY WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...DIAL 9 1 1. && $$ IAZ010-011-029-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-061- 012145- /O.UPG.KARX.HT.Y.0003.110701T1700Z-110702T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KARX.EH.W.0001.110701T1337Z-110702T0200Z/ WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 837 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * OPPRESSIVE AND DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 115 DEGREES. * THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS FROM YESTERDAY THROUGH TODAY WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...DIAL 9 1 1. && $$ WIZ017-029-012145- /O.EXT.KARX.HT.Y.0003.110701T1337Z-110702T0200Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE 837 AM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * OPPRESSIVE AND DANGEROUS HEAT IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES. * THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS TODAY WILL LEAD TO A HEIGHTENED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND ILLNESS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...DIAL 9 1 1. && $$ HALBACH WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heat 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 heat advisory went out at Jun 29, 3:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 3:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 319 PM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS THIS PACKAGE...SHRA/TSRA CHANCES LATER TONIGHT/THU MORNING AND AGAIN FRI THRU SAT NIGHT...TEMPERATURES/ HEAT INDICES THU/FRI. 18Z DATA ANALYSIS HAD HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER LAKES MI AND SUPERIOR. LOW PRESSURE WAS LOCATED OVER MT/EASTERN ND. TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE TWO WAS SPREADING EAST ACROSS MN/IA/ WI. SOUTH WINDS IN THE GRADIENT RETURNING WARMTH/MOISTURE NORTHWARD WITH TEMPS IN THE LOW 80S OVER THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF THE REGION. DEW POINTS WERE CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER 70S FROM SOUTHEAST SD THRU WESTERN IA/EASTERN NEB. WARMER TEMPS ALOFT WERE EVIDENT ON VIS IMAGERY...WITH DIURNAL CUMULUS EITHER LIMITED TO ALONG/EAST OF THE MS RIVER WERE 850MB TEMPS WERE ABOUT 15C OR LESS OR OVER SOUTHEAST IA/NEARBY AREAS WERE SFC DEW POINTS WERE IN THE LOWER 70S. NO LARGE ERRORS NOTED WITH 29.12Z MODELS INITIALIZATIONS. SOLUTIONS REASONABLY SIMILAR WITH THE SYNOPTIC SCALE FEATURES TONIGHT INTO SAT NIGHT BUT DIFFER WITH THE SMALLER MESO-SCALE FEATURES AND CONVECTION CHANCES FOR THE AREA THRU MUCH OF THE PERIOD. DPROG/DT OF 500MB HGTS AT 29.12Z SHOWED MODEL RUNS OF 27.12Z AND 28.12Z VERIFIED QUITE WELL ACROSS NOAM/EASTERN PAC WITH BETTER RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY TO AND TREND OF OTHER MODELS TOWARD ECMWF. MODELS DIFFER A BIT ON TIMING OF THE CA UPPER LOW AS IT OPENS UP AND MOVES THRU THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...SHARPENING/AMPLIFYING THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE REGION. OVERALL TREND THRU 00Z FRI IS A BIT SLOWER. TIMING DIFFERENCE CONTINUE THU NIGHT/FRI AS THE LOW/TROUGH REMNANTS LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE PLAINS INTO WESTERN ONT...WITH THE SHORTWAVE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA. BIT BETTER CONSISTENCY FRI NIGHT/SAT AS A SECONDARY WAVE MOVES EAST ALONG THE US/CAN BORDER. ECMWF A GOOD COMPROMISE OF THE MODELS ON STRENGTH/TIMING OF THE LARGER SCALE FEATURES...AT LEAST THRU 00Z SAT. CHECK OF OBS VS. MODEL DATA AT 18Z SHOWED MODELS QUITE REASONABLE WITH THE SFC HIGH/LOW OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL CONUS. GFS A BIT HIGH WITH SFC DEW POINTS IN THE MOISTURE RETURN PLUM FROM ND TO MO...OTHERS A BIT HIGH AS LIKELY OVER ESTIMATING EVAPO-TRANSPIRATION FROM THE CORN-BELT ROW CROPS WHICH ARE STILL A WEEK TO 10 DAYS BEHIND USUAL DEVELOPMENT THIS TIME OF YEAR. PER WV IMAGERY...MODELS APPEAR REASONABLE WITH THE SHORTWAVE DETAILS OVER NOAM/EASTERN PAC. REASONS TO FAVOR SEVERAL OF THE DETERMINISTIC MODELS. WITH VASTLY DIFFERENT OUTCOMES FOR MUCH OF THE FCST AREA LATE TONIGHT/THU AND NO REAL HIGHER CONFIDENCE IN ANY ONE SOLUTION THAN ANOTHER...TRENDED TOWARD THE MODEL CONSENSUS AT THIS TIME. SHORT-TERM FCST CONFIDENCE AVERAGE THIS CYCLE. IN THE SHORT TERM...FCST PROBLEMATIC ALREADY LATE TONIGHT/THU MORNING...WILL 850MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT/THETA-E CONVERGENCE ON NOSE OF 30-45KT LOW LEVEL JET BE ENOUGH TO OVERCOME CAPPING/CIN ABOVE IT IN THE 825-650MB LAYER. MOST MODELS SAY CAP WILL HOLD...BUT ALSO DOING POORLY WITH SHRA/TSRA IN SOUTHEAST SD TODAY...UNDER 700MB TEMPS IN THE +14C TO +16C RANGE. THIS IN A MUCH WEAKER AREA OF 850MB FORCING/LIFT THAN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EASTERN MN/NORTHWEST WI LATER TONIGHT. RATHER IMPRESSIVE 850MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT/THETA-E CONVERGENCE SIGNAL TO JUST NORTHWEST OF THE FCST AREA BY 12Z THU... WITH CORFIDI VECTORS POINTING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST INTO THE FCST AREA LATE TONIGHT/THU MORNING. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE MOST STRUGGLING WITH MOISTURE/SATURATION IN THE MOISTURE RETURN LAYER. MODIFIED SOUNDINGS WITH 100 PERCENT RH IN THE 900-850MB LAYER GIVES UPWARDS OF 2K J/KG OF CAPE AND CIN VALUES OF LESS THAN 50 J/KG WHEN LIFTING THE 850MB PARCEL. GIVE THIS AND MODELS GENERALLY A BIT SHY WITH SATURATION ON THE NOSE OF MOISTURE RETURN...RAISED SHRA/TSRA CHANCES TOWARD 30-40 PERCENT OVER THE NORTH/NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE FCST AREA LATE TONIGHT/THU MORNING. FORCING REMAINS FOR CONVECTION TO MAINTAIN AND TRACK SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE EAST HALF OF WI INTO THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUED A SMALL SHRA/TSRA CHANCE OVER FAR EAST END OF THE FCST INTO THU AFTERNOON. RIDGING/CAPPING/WARMING INCREASE OVER THE CENTRAL/WEST PARTS OF THE FCST AREA THU...WITH SOME MODELS INDICATING SFC DEW POINTS CLIMBING TO AROUND 80F FOR THU AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FOR FRI AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. FOR THE REASON MENTIONED ABOVE...MODELS APPEAR TOO HIGH WITH THE SFC DEW POINTS THU AFTERNOON THRU FRI AFTERNOON...AND TRENDED MOST DEW POINTS THESE PERIODS INTO THE 70-75F RANGE. THESE DEW POINTS COMBINED WITH TEMPS IN THE MID 80S-LOW 90S EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAT INDICES MOSTLY IN THE 95 TO 105 RANGE FOR PORTIONS OF THE FCST AREA THU AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRI. WILL NOT ISSUE ANY HEAT HEADLINES AT THIS TIME...PENDING OUTCOME OF POTENTIAL CONVECTION LATE TONIGHT/THU MORNING AND TREND OF SFC DEW POINTS IN THE MOISTURE PLUME TONIGHT/THU MORNING. COLD FRONT LOOKS TO PUSH ACROSS THE FCST AREA RATHER QUIETLY LATER FRI AFTERNOON/ EVENING GIVEN STRONG CAPPING IN THE 850-700MB LAYER UNDER THE SHORTWAVE RIDGE AXIS AND LOWER LEVEL THERMO-DYNAMIC FORCING WEAK AND FOCUSED WELL OUT AHEAD OF THE ACTUAL FRONT/WIND SHIFT LINE. LIMITED SHRA/TSRA CHANCE TO SOUTH HALF OF THE FCST AREA FRI NIGHT WHEN THE CAP WEAKENS AND 850-700MB TROUGH CATCHES UP WITH THE FRONT. DRIER CAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR SAT. FRONT LAYS UP ACROSS IA FOR SAT NIGHT WITH INCREASING SOUTHWEST 850MB FLOW/MOISTURE RETURN OVER THE BOUNDARY BY LATER SAT NIGHT. FOCUS OF THIS TRENDING TO REMAIN WEST OF THE FCST AREA SAT NIGHT AND LOWERED SHRA/TSRA CHANCES INTO THE 20-30 PERCENT RANGE FOR MOST OF THE FCST AREA. FAVORING THE MODEL/ENSEMBLE CONSENSUS...TRENDED TOWARD A BLEND OF NUMERICAL GUIDANCE LOWS/HIGHS FOR TONIGHT THRU SAT NIGHT WHICH BLENDS QUITE WELL WITH NEIGHBORING GRIDS. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY 29.00Z MEDIUM RANGE MODELS IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT SUNDAY WITH BROAD RIDGING ALOFT ACROSS THE NORTHERN CONUS/SOUTHERN CAN. RUN-TO- RUN CONSISTENCY REASONABLE AS WELL. BROAD RIDGING CONTINUES MON THRU WED WITH 29.12Z MODEL CONSENSUS INDICATING A SLOW RETROGRESSION INTO WESTERN NOAM. LONG TERM FCST CONFIDENCE GOOD WITH THE BETTER BETWEEN MODEL CONSISTENCY SUN-WED...BUT AVERAGE WITH THE SUBTLENESS OF AND TIMING OF THE FEATURES THRU THE FLOW. MODEL CONSENSUS HAS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION SUN/MON WITH A STATIONARY OR WARM FRONT TO THE SOUTH ACROSS IA AND BROAD/WEAK LOW PRESSURE IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS. REASONABLE MODEL CONSENSUS FOR 850-700MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO/OVER THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND INTO THE FCST AREA. UNKNOWNS ARE WHERE THE FRONT WILL ACTUALLY END UP AND STRENGTH OF THE MOISTURE TRANSPORT...BUT FOR NOW SHRA/TSRA CHANCES LOOK WARRANTED FOR SUN/MON. WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE/SFC FRONT LOOKS TO PUSH EAST ACROSS THE AREA TUE AS A STRONGER TROUGH/SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN CAN. WED TRENDING TO BE A DRY DAY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN BEHIND THE TUE SYSTEM...HOWEVER TIMING ALWAYS AN ISSUE IN RATHER FLAT FLOW IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD. A LINGERING SMALL SHRA/TSRA CHANCE ON WED LOOKS OKAY FOR NOW. FAVORING THE MODEL/ENSEMBLE CONSENSUS...TRENDED TOWARD A BLEND OF THE NUMERICAL TEMP GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS/LOWS THRU THE PERIOD. && .AVIATION...THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. HOWEVER... ABUNDANT MOISTURE IN THE LOW-LEVELS WILL SHIFT INTO THE TAF SITES BETWEEN 06-12Z. THIS MOISTURE WILL BE TRAPPED BELOW A LOW-LEVEL INVERSION AND PROMOTE THE CREATION OF AN MVFR CLOUD DECK AROUND SUNRISE IN THE AREA. THUS...HAVE TRENDED LOWER WITH THE TAFS THIS ISSUANCE FOR THAT OCCURRENCE. THE INVERSION WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AND THUS A SLOW IMPROVEMENT TO THE CIG IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THERE IS ALSO A SMALL CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM/SHOWER COMPLEX TO AFFECT KLSE IN THE 09-15Z PERIOD. THE SYSTEM WILL INITIATE OVER NWRN WI AND SHIFT E-SE. HAVE NOT INCLUDED THIS IN THE TAF...BUT THE VERY SMALL POSSIBILITY DOES EXIST THAT KLSE WOULD BE AFFECTED BY CB. && .ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. && SHORT/LONG TERM...RRS AVIATION..........BAUMGARDT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 5:00 AM CDT, 12 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 500 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 WIZ017-029-032>034-301100- BUFFALO-CLARK-JACKSON-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU- 500 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF WESTERN INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THURSDAY BEFORE ENDING. FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE QUITE WARM AND HUMID...WITH THE HEAT INDEX REACHING THE 95 TO 100 RANGE. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THE EXCESSIVE HEAT. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. AND THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE FOR STORMS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DISCERN IF ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL REACH SEVERE LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053>055- 061-301100- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE-FAYETTE-FILLMORE- FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER- OLMSTED-RICHLAND-VERNON-WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA- 500 AM CDT WED JUN 29 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN THURSDAY MORNING. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY LOOK TO BE QUITE WARM AND HUMID. THE HEAT INDEX COULD REACH THE 95 TO 105 RANGE ON THURSDAY...AND THE 100 TO 110 RANGE ON FRIDAY. RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THE EXCESSIVE HEAT. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE FOR STORMS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY... WITH MORE STORMS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DISCERN IF ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL REACH SEVERE LEVELS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH THURSDAY. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. MW
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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.