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Excessive Heat Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 26, 2013Buffalo County, La Crosse County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin; Houston County, Wabasha County, Winona County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this excessive heat warning at Aug 26, 2013, 3:56 AM CDT for Buffalo County, La Crosse County, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin; Houston County, Wabasha County, Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 26, 2013, 3:56 AM CDT (08:56 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2013, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 44 hr
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI

Counties Houston County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Buffalo County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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 excessive heat warning 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 excessive heat warning went out at Aug 26, 3:26 AM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 3:26 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 11:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 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
Aug 26, 7:22 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ARX	Taylor	6 hr
Aug 26, 10:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ARX	Taylor	14 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Wisconsin, 2013 Excessive Heat Warnings in Minnesota, 2013 Every excessive heat warning in 2013

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.