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Wind Advisory 4, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Apr 4, 2011, 2:01 AM CDT for 7 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 4, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 4, 2011, 2:01 AM CDT (07:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties 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, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 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 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1230 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
785 WWUS73 KARX 040701 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 201 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA... .PLAN ON WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION TODAY...IN THE WAKE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH YESTERDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM EYOTA MINNESOTA TO NEW HAMPTON IOWA. IN THIS AREA...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH. LOOK FOR WINDS TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-041500- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0004.110404T1200Z-110404T2300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 201 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING. GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO BEGIN DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * TRAVEL ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS MAY BE DIFFICULT TODAY... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
6 follow-up statements
779 WWUS73 KARX 041024 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 524 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA... .PLAN ON WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION TODAY...IN THE WAKE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH YESTERDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM EYOTA MINNESOTA TO NEW HAMPTON IOWA. IN THIS AREA...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH. GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AT THE ROCHESTER MINNESOTA AIRPORT AND NEAR IONIA IOWA. LOOK FOR WINDS TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-041830- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0004.110404T1200Z-110404T2300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 524 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING. GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO BEGIN DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * TRAVEL ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS MAY BE DIFFICULT TODAY... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
929 WWUS73 KARX 041253 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 753 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA... .PLAN ON WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH YESTERDAY. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM EYOTA MINNESOTA TO NEW HAMPTON IOWA. IN THIS AREA...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH. GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AT THE ROCHESTER MINNESOTA AIRPORT...CHARLES CITY IOWA AND NEAR IONIA IOWA. LOOK FOR WINDS TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-042100- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 753 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING...THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO BEGIN DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * TRAVEL ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS MAY BE DIFFICULT TODAY... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
320 WWUS73 KARX 041527 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1027 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WINDY EARLY APRIL DAY ON TAP... .BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH AT TIMES TODAY OVER MAINLY PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. AS OF LATE MORNING...WIND GUSTS OF 43 MPH HAVE BEEN OBSERVED AT OELWEIN IOWA AND NEARLY 40 MPH AT ROCHESTER MINNESOTA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-042300- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1027 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 45 MPH AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. * TRAVEL ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS MAY BE DIFFICULT TODAY... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE SHEA
353 WWUS73 KARX 041644 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1144 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WINDS REMAIN STRONG THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS REMAINED HIGH LATE THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH BEING REPORTS IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA ESPECIALLY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS BEING EXPANDED TO COVER MORE AREAS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. HIGH WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. THOSE WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING IN OPEN COUNTRY TODAY. IAZ010-029-030-042300- /O.EXA.KARX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/ WINNESHIEK-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...OELWEIN 1144 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * TRAVEL ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS MAY BE DIFFICULT TODAY... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 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. && $$ IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-042300- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1144 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE DAY. * TRAVEL ON NORTH SOUTH ROADWAYS MAY BE DIFFICULT TODAY... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE SHEA
682 WWUS73 KARX 042028 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 328 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WINDS STARTING TO DIMINISH BUT STILL QUITE STRONG... .BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS REMAIN QUITE STRONG LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH MANY AREAS IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA STILL GUSTING BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. SO FAR TODAY THE PEAK WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN IN THE 40 TO 45 MPH RANGE FROM AROUND ROCHESTER MINNESOTA SOUTH TO NEAR OELWEIN IOWA. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN WILL GRADUALLY CAUSE THE WIND TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING SO ADVISORIES ARE ONLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM. NORTHWEST WINDS COULD CAUSE HAVOC WITH HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WELL INTO THE EVENING. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-042300- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-DODGE- OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 328 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST INTO THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. * DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR A FEW MORE HOURS TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRUCK OR CAMPER DRIVERS MAY WANT TO DELAY TRAVEL UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING WHEN WINDS SUBSIDE. WATCH FOR FALLING BRANCHES OR OBJECTS BLOWING ACROSS ROAD WAYS. && $$ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE SHEA
465 WWUS73 KARX 042259 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 559 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WINDS DIMINISHING... .THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING...AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS A RESULT. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-050000- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-110404T2300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-DODGE- OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 559 PM CDT MON APR 4 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING...INTO THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE. THEREFORE...THE ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM. $$ RIECK WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Iowa, 2011Wind Advisories in Minnesota, 2011Every wind advisory in 2011
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.