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Areal Flood Advisory 7, NWS La Crosse, WI

September 4, 2012Winona County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this areal flood advisory at Sep 4, 2012, 4:53 PM CDT for Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 4, 2012, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired: Sep 4, 2012, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 97 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Winona County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1446 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1471 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 221 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood 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 areal flood advisory went out at Sep 4, 2:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 2:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 4:46 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
446 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-
041>044-053>055-061-051200-
ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-BUFFALO-CHICKASAW-CLARK-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE-
FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-
MITCHELL-MONROE-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-
WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA-
446 PM CDT TUE SEP 4 2012

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

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT

LOOK FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT MUCH OF THE AREA BEFORE 8 PM. THESE
STORMS WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...ALONG
WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. SOME OF THE HAIL COULD BE THE
SIZE OF GOLFBALLS OR LARGER.

ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN IOWA AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS EVENING...THEN EXPAND INTO SOUTHWEST
AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS ALSO HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...
HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO THE
EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE
REGION. A FEW STORMS MAY STILL BE SEVERE AS THEY TRACK TO THE EAST
WEDNESDAY MORNING...THOUGH THE SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
VERY WIDESPREAD AT THIS POINT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED UNTIL 8 PM...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN
LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

HALBACH/ZT/AJ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 4, 4:28 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 4, 4:30 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 4, 4:34 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 4, 4:36 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 4, 4:38 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 4, 4:47 PM CDT, 6 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 4, 4:39 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson and 7 more	4 hr
Sep 4, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Buffalo	46 min
Sep 4, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Vernon	28 min
Sep 4, 5:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark	64 min
Sep 4, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	La Crosse, Vernon	64 min
Sep 4, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clark	29 min
Sep 4, 6:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Crawford, Grant	38 min
Sep 4, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Crawford, Vernon	57 min
Sep 4, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Clayton	36 min
Sep 4, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Allamakee	52 min
Sep 4, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Winona	30 min
Sep 4, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Houston, Winona	46 min
Sep 4, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore	28 min
Sep 4, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Houston	40 min
Sep 4, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Houston	46 min

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in Minnesota, 2012 Every areal flood advisory in 2012

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.