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Wind Advisory 3, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Mar 27, 2012, 3:46 AM CDT for 6 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 27, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2012, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 27, 2012, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Chickasaw 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, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 715 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 739 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
526 WWUS73 KARX 270846 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 346 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .SUSTAING WIND OF AROUND 30 MPH AND GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ONCE A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND BRINGS THE WINDS AROUND FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO THE SOUTHWEST. WINDS WILL STILL BE GUSTY THIS MORNING OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST...BUT WILL INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-271700- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0003.120327T1700Z-120328T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE- OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 346 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * SOUTHEAST WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE TO 45 MPH OR HIGHER FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH. * SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH OR HIGHER CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...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. && $$ HALBACH/RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
3 follow-up statements
951 WWUS73 KARX 271545 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1045 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .LOOK FOR WINDS TO INCREASE OUT OF THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-272345- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.120327T1700Z-120328T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE- OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 1045 AM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. * THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DAS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
099 WWUS73 KARX 272015 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 315 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... .SUSTAINED WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-280000- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE- OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 315 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * SUSTAINED WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * THESE WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT AT TIMES...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. && $$ DAS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
440 WWUS73 KARX 272354 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 654 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WINDS DIMINISHING... .WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THE GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-280100- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120328T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE- OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 654 PM CDT TUE MAR 27 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
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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.