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Wind Advisory 3, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Mar 11, 2011, 1:40 PM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Mar 12, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2011, 1:40 PM CST (19:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2011, 11:56 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
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
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 1547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
643 WWUS73 KARX 111940 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 140 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTH DAKOTA WILL MARCH EAST INTO UPPER MICHIGAN ON SATURDAY...DRAGGING TWO COLD FRONTS THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. COLD AIR RUSHING IN BEHIND THESE FRONTS WILL CAUSE WINDS TO INCREASE...WITH NORTHWEST GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. PLAN ON THE WINDS TO DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVES EAST. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-120345- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0003.110312T0600Z-110312T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 140 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * PLAN ON SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH TO SHIFT TO THE WEST BY MID-EVENING...THEN INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO DIMINISH THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
6 follow-up statements
412 WWUS73 KARX 120311 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 911 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING AFTER A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE. WINDS WILL WEAKEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS TRACKS EAST THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-121115- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.110312T0600Z-110312T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 911 PM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH GUSTS REACHING 45 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ HALBACH WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
599 WWUS73 KARX 120739 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 139 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS MORNING... .THROUGH THIS MORNING...SUSTAINED WEST WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. DURING THE PAST HOUR...ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GUSTED UP TO 46 MPH...AND EYOTA AND DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA GUSTED UP TO 44 MPH. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS TRACKS EAST THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-121545- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110312T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 139 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * THROUGH THIS MORNING...SUSTAINED WEST WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. * TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS THIS MORNING MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STRONG WEST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BOYNE WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
394 WWUS73 KARX 120936 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 336 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING... .SUSTAINED WEST WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH THIS MORNING. DURING THE PAST HOUR... ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GUSTED TO 48 MPH...EYOTA MINNESOTA GUSTED TO 47 MPH...AND CHARLES CITY IOWA GUSTED TO 41 MPH. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS TRACKS EAST THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-121745- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110312T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 336 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * THROUGH THIS MORNING...SUSTAINED WEST WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. * TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS THIS MORNING MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STRONG WEST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BOYNE WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
954 WWUS73 KARX 121133 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 533 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...STRONG WEST WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING... .SUSTAINED WEST WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH THIS MORNING. DURING THE PAST HOUR... EYOTA MINNESOTA GUSTED TO 51 MPH...ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GUSTED TO 45 MPH...AND CHARLES CITY IOWA GUSTED TO 43 MPH. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS TRACKS EAST THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-121800- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110312T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 533 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * THROUGH THIS MORNING...SUSTAINED WEST WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. * TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS THIS MORNING MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STRONG WEST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BOYNE WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
665 WWUS73 KARX 121330 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 730 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...STRONG WEST WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING... .SUSTAINED WEST WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH THIS MORNING. DURING THE PAST HOUR... DODGE CENTER AND EYOTA MINNESOTA GUSTED TO 46 MPH...ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GUSTED TO 44 MPH...AND CHARLES CITY IOWA GUSTED TO 43 MPH. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THIS AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS TRACKS EAST THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-121800- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110312T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 730 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * THROUGH THIS MORNING...SUSTAINED WEST WINDS WILL REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. * TRAVELING ON NORTH-SOUTH ROADWAYS THIS MORNING MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE STRONG WEST WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BOYNE WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
203 WWUS73 KARX 121756 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1156 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... .WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED LATE THIS MORNING. IT WILL STILL BE BREEZY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BUT WINDS WILL BE UNDER WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-121900- /O.CAN.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-110312T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 1156 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED LATE THIS MORNING. IT WILL STILL BE BREEZY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BUT WINDS WILL BE UNDER WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ DAS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 11:50 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and 1 more | 9 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.