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Winter Weather Advisory 3, NWS La Crosse, WI

January 19, 20128 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter weather advisory at Jan 19, 2012, 2:56 PM CST for 8 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 20, 2012, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 19, 2012, 2:56 PM CST (20:56 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 20, 2012, 3:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 20, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI

All 22 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, Adams County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather 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 winter weather advisory went out at Jan 19, 11:34 AM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 11:34 AM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 19, 12:06 PM CST, 2 hours 50 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
Jan 19, 3:43 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Crawford, Grant, Richland	11 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.