Alert archive / Iowa / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 9, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Jan 1, 2012, 3:02 PM CST for 6 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 143 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2012, 3:02 PM CST (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 143 days
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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, 9.0 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
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
038 WWUS73 KARX 012102 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 302 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... .PLAN ON NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. AS OF 3 PM...AUSTIN MINNESOTA REPORTED A GUST TO 48 MPH...AND BOTH CHARLES CITY IOWA AND PRAIRIE DU CHIEN WISCONSIN REPORTED WIND GUSTS OF 41 MPH. IAZ008-018-019-029-030-020515- /O.CAN.KARX.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120102T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KARX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120102T0600Z/ MITCHELL-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN 302 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. * THESE WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT CONTROL OF LIGHT-WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS LIKE TRASH CANS ARE LIKELY TO BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ IAZ009>011-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044- 053>055-061-020515- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120102T0600Z/ HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER- FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...ROCHESTER...WINONA... AUSTIN...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 302 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS OPEN AREAS AND ON THE RIDGE TOPS ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. * THESE WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT CONTROL OF LIGHT-WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS LIKE TRASH CANS ARE LIKELY TO BE BLOWN AROUND. IN ADDITION...LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVED SNOWFALL LAST NIGHT MAY EXPERIENCE BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
6 follow-up statements
116 WWUS73 KARX 020043 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 643 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...STRONG WINDS TO DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... .PLAN ON NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. EARLY THIS EVENING...WINDS CONTINUED TO GUST TO BETWEEN 45 MPH AND 50 MPH...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. THE WINDS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA WERE GENERALLY GUSTING BETWEEN 30 MPH AND 40 MPH. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-020600- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120102T0600Z/ 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 643 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. * THESE WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT CONTROL OF LIGHT-WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS LIKE TRASH CANS ARE LIKELY TO BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
911 WWUS73 KARX 020236 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 836 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT... .WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED IN AREAS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THIS EVENING BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER...TO THE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THE WINDS REMAIN QUITE STRONG...WITH REPORTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH GUSTS. WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-020345- /O.CAN.KARX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120102T0600Z/ TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON... VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 836 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THUS THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELED. THERE STILL COULD BE SOME GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-020600- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120102T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 836 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS OPEN AREAS AND ON RIDGE TOPS. * THESE WINDS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT CONTROL OF LIGHT-WEIGHT OR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LOOSE OBJECTS LIKE TRASH CANS ARE LIKELY TO BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
699 WWUS73 KARX 020542 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1142 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT... .WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT...EXPECT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-020645- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120102T0600Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 1142 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AND THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH. $$ RABERDING WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
343 WWUS73 KARX 231601 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1101 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUST UP TO 45 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA THROUGH THIS EVENING. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-240000- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0009.120523T1601Z-120524T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1101 AM CDT WED MAY 23 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. * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ DTJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
330 WWUS73 KARX 231959 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 259 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS WILL PRODUCE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUST UP TO 45 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA THROUGH THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA THROUGH THIS EVENING. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-240000- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120524T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 259 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ DTJ WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE
848 WWUS73 KARX 232341 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 641 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WINDS STARTING TO WEAKEN...BUT WILL REMAIN BREEZY THIS EVENING... .THE STRONG WINDS OF TODAY...GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH...WERE STARTING TO WEAKEN A BIT EARLY THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM AS A RESULT. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY TONIGHT...BUT THE STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS AND HIGHER GUSTS WILL NOT. TOMORROW PROMISES TO BE ANOTHER WINDY DAY FOR THE REGION. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-240045- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-120524T0000Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 641 PM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... WINDS WERE STARTING TO WEAKEN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...AND THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM AS A RESULT. IT WILL REMAIN BREEZY TONIGHT THOUGH...AND THURSDAY PROMISES TO BE ANOTHER WINDY DAY. $$ RIECK 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.