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Wind Advisory 4, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Apr 13, 2012, 12:53 PM CDT for 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2012, 12:53 PM CDT (17:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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 nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 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
- 2224 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
766 WWUS73 KARX 131753 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1253 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON... .SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. THIS IS DUE TO A VERY TIGHT DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURE AHEAD OF A LOW LIFTING INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA. PLAN ON THE WINDS TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE LOW LIFTS INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-140000- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0004.120413T1753Z-120414T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 1253 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * LOOK FOR SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISH NEAR SUNSET. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND OTHER OPEN AREAS. * TRAVEL ON WEST TO EAST ROADS MAY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO CROSSWIND CREATED BY THE STRONG WINDS...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. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
2 follow-up statements
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
870 WWUS73 KARX 132358 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 658 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED... .WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-140100- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-120414T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 658 PM CDT FRI APR 13 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ 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.