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Wind Chill Advisory 21, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 8, 2011, 3:17 PM CST for 13 counties in Wisconsin; 7 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 8, 2011, 9:00 PM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 8, 2011, 3:17 PM CST (21:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2011, 9:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2011, 11:20 AM CST
- In force
- 14 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 21:15 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, 9.3 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
- 1125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
229 WWUS43 KARX 082117 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 317 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THIS BITTERLY COLD AIR TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS IN THE 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-090530- /O.NEW.KARX.WC.Y.0021.110209T0300Z-110209T1800Z/ 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 317 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR AND WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. * THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE IN THE 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. COVER EXPOSED SKIN AREAS IF YOU PLAN ON SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS AND REMEMBER THAT FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. && $$ DAS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
6 follow-up statements
780 WWUS43 KARX 090231 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 831 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .LOOK FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS IN THE 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE TO PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF 5 TO 15 MPH WEST WINDS AND COLD ARCTIC AIR IN PLACE. AS OF 8 PM...SOME WIND CHILL READINGS INCLUDE 24 BELOW ZERO AT THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT...23 BELOW ZERO IN VIROQUA WISCONSIN AND 22 BELOW ZERO IN DODGE CENTER MINNESOTA. EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO IMPROVE SLIGHTLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091045- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0021.110209T0300Z-110209T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 831 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR AND WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. COVER EXPOSED SKIN AREAS IF YOU PLAN ON SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS AND REMEMBER THAT FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
708 WWUS43 KARX 090528 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1128 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TO CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... .LOOK FOR DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS IN THE 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE TO PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF 5 TO 15 MPH WEST WINDS AND COLD ARCTIC AIR IN PLACE. AS OF 11 PM TUESDAY...SOME WIND CHILL READINGS INCLUDE 24 BELOW ZERO AT THE ROCHESTER MINNESOTA AIRPORT...23 BELOW ZERO IN VIROQUA AND MEDFORD WISCONSIN AND 20 BELOW ZERO IN CHARLES CITY IOWA. EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO IMPROVE SLIGHTLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091330- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110209T1800Z/ 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 1128 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR AND WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES IN THE 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. COVER EXPOSED SKIN AREAS IF YOU PLAN ON SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS AND REMEMBER THAT FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
233 WWUS43 KARX 090902 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 302 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD THIS MORNING... .DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...WITH IMPROVEMENT BY THE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. SO FAR THIS MORNING...WIND CHILLS AROUND -25 HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED AT DODGE CENTER...ST. ANSGAR...MEDFORD...AND ROCHESTER. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091715- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110209T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 302 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR AND WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. COVER EXPOSED SKIN AREAS IF YOU PLAN ON SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS AND REMEMBER THAT FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. && $$ RIECK WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
186 WWUS43 KARX 091304 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 704 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD THIS MORNING... .DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH IMPROVEMENT BY NOON AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. SO FAR THIS MORNING...WIND CHILLS HAVE APPROACHED -30 AT MEDFORD...TO AROUND -25 AT ROCHESTER...AUSTIN... CHARLES CITY...NASHUA...AND VIROQUA. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091800- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110209T1800Z/ 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 704 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR AND WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. COVER EXPOSED SKIN AREAS IF YOU PLAN ON SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS AND REMEMBER THAT FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. && $$ RIECK WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
680 WWUS43 KARX 091514 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 914 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS CONTINUE THIS MORNING... .AS OF 9 AM...WIND CHILLS ACROSS THE AREA WERE MOSTLY IN THE 10 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE RIDGE TOPS AND OTHER HIGHER TERRAIN OPEN COUNTRY AREAS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THROUGH THE MORNING AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE ZERO. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091800- /O.CON.KARX.WC.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110209T1800Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 914 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR AND WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS OF 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO TO CONTINUE TO SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. COVER EXPOSED SKIN AREAS IF YOU PLAN ON SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS AND REMEMBER THAT FROST BITE CAN OCCUR IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. && $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
133 WWUS43 KARX 091720 WSWARX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1120 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WIND CHILLS CONTINUE TO LESSEN LATE THIS MORNING... .TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED INTO THE ZERO TO 10 ABOVE RANGE AS OF 11 AM. THESE TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE WINDS WERE PRODUCING WIND CHILLS OF MOSTLY -5 TO -15. WITH TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO WARM...WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO WARM AS WELL AND THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091830- /O.CAN.KARX.WC.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-110209T1800Z/ 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 1120 AM CST WED FEB 9 2011 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. AS OF 11 AM WIND CHILLS WERE NO LONGER COLDER THAN -20. WITH TEMPERATURES CONTINUING TO WARM UNDER SUNNY SKIES LATE THIS MORNING THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
Nearby
Wind Chill Advisories in Wisconsin, 2011Wind Chill Advisories in Iowa, 2011Wind Chill Advisories in Minnesota, 2011Every wind chill 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.