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Wind Advisory 5, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Apr 15, 2012, 3:50 AM CDT for 8 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Minnesota; Crawford County, Grant County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 15, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2012, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 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, Winona County, MN, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
950 WWUS73 KARX 150850 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 350 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL BE SEEN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...RESULTING IN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061-151700- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0005.120415T1800Z-120416T0100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CRAWFORD- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 350 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...MID-DAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH. FREQUENT GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE ITEMS. IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS. HIGHEST WINDS SPEEDS WILL BE SEEN IN OPEN AREAS AND OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. 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. && $$ MW WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
6 follow-up statements
884 WWUS73 KARX 151400 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 900 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT SPREADING OVER THE AREA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SOME WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL ARE EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. AS THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS MOVES INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN LATER THIS EVENING THE WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061-152200- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0005.120415T1800Z-120416T0100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CRAWFORD- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 900 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE ITEMS LIKE TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT-WEIGHT VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS. HIGHEST WINDS SPEEDS WILL BE SEEN IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND ON THE RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
700 WWUS73 KARX 151501 CCA NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 959 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT SPREADING OVER THE AREA FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... SOME WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. AS THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS MOVES INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN LATER THIS EVENING THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH AND BECOME NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061-152300- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0005.120415T1800Z-120416T0100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CRAWFORD- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 959 AM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE ITEMS LIKE TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT-WEIGHT VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS. HIGHEST WINDS SPEEDS WILL BE SEEN IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND ON THE RIDGE TOPS. 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. && $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
567 WWUS73 KARX 151707 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1207 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON... .AS OF NOON...SOUTH WINDS HAD INCREASED TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE WARM THIS AFTERNOON...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN CONTINUE STRONG INTO THE EVENING. WITH EVEN STRONGER WINDS ALOFT SPREADING OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN LATER THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING THEN BECOME NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061-160100- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0005.120415T1800Z-120416T0100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CRAWFORD- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 1207 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE ITEMS LIKE TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT-WEIGHT VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS. THE HIGHEST WINDS SPEEDS WILL BE SEEN IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN... OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND ON THE RIDGE TOPS. 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. && $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
226 WWUS73 KARX 152047 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 347 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING... .AS OF 330 PM...SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WERE COMMON ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND RIDGE TOPS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL DECREASE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AFTER 8 PM...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN QUITE STRONG THROUGH THE MID AND LATE EVENING HOURS. THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FOR A TIME AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN FROM THE NORTHWEST FOR LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061-160100- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120416T0100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CRAWFORD- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 347 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE ITEMS LIKE TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT-WEIGHT VEHICLES... ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS. THE HIGHEST WINDS SPEEDS WILL BE SEEN IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN... OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND ON THE RIDGE TOPS. 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. && $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
945 WWUS73 KARX 160055 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 755 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...STRONG SOUTH WINDS CONTINUE THIS EVENING... .AS OF 730 PM...THE STRONG SOUTH WINDS WERE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE... BUT REMAINED SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH AT MANY LOCATIONS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WERE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...OPEN COUNTRY AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH BUT CONTINUE STRONG THROUGH THE MID EVENING HOURS...THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 10 PM. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 2O TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE...BUT BECOME LESS AND LESS COMMON THROUGH 10 PM. THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE STRONG WINDS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH FOR A TIME NEAR AND AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN INCREASE AGAIN FROM THE NORTHWEST FOR LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061-160300- /O.EXT.KARX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120416T0300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CRAWFORD- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 755 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY BLOW AROUND LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE ITEMS LIKE TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL HIGH PROFILE OR LIGHT-WEIGHT VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY THOSE TRAVELING ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS. THE HIGHEST WINDS SPEEDS WILL BE SEEN IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...OPEN COUNTRY AREAS AND ON THE RIDGE TOPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OF 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RRS WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
214 WWUS73 KARX 160248 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 948 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WINDS DIMINISHING BUT WILL REMAIN GUSTY... .WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061-160400- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120416T0300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CRAWFORD- GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...PLATTEVILLE 948 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH...BUT REMAIN GUSTY IN THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE OVERNIGHT. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM. $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
Nearby
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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.