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Freezing Rain Advisory 4, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this freezing rain advisory at Apr 10, 2013, 1:48 AM CDT for 7 counties in Wisconsin; 4 counties in Iowa; Fillmore County, Houston County, Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2013, 1:48 AM CDT (06:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2013, 7:22 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Allamakee County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Adams County, WI, Crawford 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), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 1298 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freezing rain 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 freezing rain advisory went out at Apr 10, 12:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 12:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1204 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013
.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 359 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
VERY ACTIVE/DIVERSE WEATHER IN STORE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
QUITE AN ACTIVE WEATHER DAY ALREADY WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
ALONG WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AND SOME HAIL. CURRENTLY IN A
LULL WITH THE MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE THAT CAUSED THE FIRST WAVE OF
RAIN/THUNDERSTORMS NOW OVER FAR EASTERN WI.
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY THIS AFTERNOON HAS A DEEP/CLOSED LOW OVER THE
4-CORNERS AREA WITH A STRONG MOISTURE FETCH FROM THE GULF NORTHWARD
INTO THE AREA. AT THE SURFACE...CYCLOGENESIS TAKING PLACE OVER THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH A STRONG WARM FRONT EXTENDING THROUGH EASTERN
KS-AND THEN NORTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST IA-NORTHERN IL-NORTHERN IN.
RADAR MOSAIC HAS ONGOING RAIN/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAINLY EASTERN
WI WITH LIGHTER RAIN/DRIZZLE ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA. ANOTHER BATCH
OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ORGANIZING ACROSS EASTERN NEB AHEAD OF ANOTHER
MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE EJECTING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE MAIN LOW OVER THE
4-CORNERS AREA. OTHERWISE...A FAIRLY RAW DAY IN PLACE ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S WITH
NORTHEAST WINDS IN THE 10-20 MPH RANGES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER AND IN THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE IN THE MORE OPEN AREAS OF
NORTHEAST IA/SOUTHEAST MN.
LOOK FOR THE LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST
INTO MO WEDNESDAY. INCREASING FRONTOGENESIS IN THE 850-500MB LAYER
ALONG WITH INCREASING 850 MB MOISTURE TRANSPORT AHEAD OF THE
LOW/WARM FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN/THUNDERSTORMS INTO
THE AREA. THERMAL PROFILES SUGGEST AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE
FROM NEILLSVILLE/BLACK RIVER FALL/MONDOVI/ROCHESTER WILL LIKELY SEE
A WINTRY MIX OF MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW. UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW/SLEET
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH
SUNRISE. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE...BUT DUE TO WARM
GROUND...GLAZING EXPECTED TO BE MINOR AND LIMITED TO
ELEVATED/EXPOSED SURFACES SUCH AS RAILINGS/TREE BRANCHES/POWER WIRES.
FOR WEDNESDAY...THE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST INTO WEST
CENTRAL IL WITH FETCH OF MOISTURE ROTATING INTO THE AREA.
MEANWHILE...A FETCH OF COLDER AIR IN NORTHEAST FLOW WILL BE
FILTERING IN FROM CANADA. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PRODUCING A
MIX OF SLEET/RAIN/SNOW MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MN INTO
NORTH CENTRAL WI. ELEVATED CAPE WILL ALSO CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS.
COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE FILTERING INTO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW PULLS INTO NORTHERN IL.
ALSO...DYNAMIC COOLING WILL BE TAKING PLACE THROUGH THE COLUMN AS
THE MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW MAKES ITS WAY TOWARD THE AREA FROM THE
CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS WILL WILL PROVIDE FOR A FURTHER TRANSITION TO A
WINTRY MIX ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THERE IS SOME QUESTION ON HOW
MUCH ICE WILL BE PRESENT IN THE COLUMN FOR SNOW PRODUCTION. RIGHT
NOW IT APPEARS THAT THERE WILL BE A LOSS OF ICE WHICH WOULD FAVOR A
GOOD AMOUNT OF LIQUID/FREEZING TYPE PRECIPITATION. WILL HAVE TO
WATCH THIS CLOSELY WITH THE NEXT MODEL RUN FOR FURTHER DETAIL IN
WHERE SNOW/SLEET VERSUS FREEZING RAIN WILL SET UP.
FOR NOW...WILL LEAVE CURRENT HEADLINES ALONE WITH A FLOOD WATCH
VALID THROUGH THURSDAY...AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST MN INTO NORTH CENTRAL WI. AS MUCH A 1-3 INCHES OF RAIN
CAN BE EXPECTED FROM TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL OCCURRING SOUTH OF I-90. THE POTENTIAL FOR 3 TO AS MUCH AS 6
INCHES OF SNOW/SLEET COULD OCCUR FROM LATER TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY//WITH THE MAJORITY FALLING WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY//
IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THE
POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCUMULATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY FOR
POTENTIAL THE POSSIBILITY OF UPGRADING TO A WARNING. MAY ALSO HAVE
TO ASSESS TO SEE IF ANOTHER TIER OF COUNTIES TO THE SOUTH OF THE
CURRENT ADVISORY WILL BE NEEDED AS WELL AND THERE IS SOME INDICATION
THAT THERE MAY BE SOME GLAZING THERE AS WELL ALONG WITH SOME MINOR
ACCUMULATING SNOW.
.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 359 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
FOR THURSDAY NIGHT...WILL SEE THE SURFACE LOW PULL INTO THE GREAT
LAKES REGION WHILE THE UPPER LOW ROTATES THROUGH THE AREA. APPEARS
DYNAMIC COOLING WILL BE ENOUGH TO TRANSITION PRECIPITATION TO ALL
SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE...MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF I-94.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY FRIDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY. AN
UNSEASONABLY COOL AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE UPPER
MIDWEST FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WITH GEFS 850 MB STANDARDIZED
TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES OF NEGATIVE 1.5...WITH HIGHS ON FRIDAY ONLY
IN THE 30S. HIGHS WARM SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY AND ARE EXPECTED TO
RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S OVER NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN TO THE MID 40S
ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA. ANOTHER SYSTEM LOOKS TO IMPACT THE REGION
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. A VIGOROUS SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. SURFACE LOW
PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA/EASTERN DAKOTAS WITH A
WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY.
PLAN ON PRECIPITATION OVERSPREADING THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. IT
APPEARS TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOW SATURDAY
NIGHT WITH A SWITCH OVER TO RAIN LATE IN THE NIGHT AS THE WARM FRONT
LIFTS NORTH AND WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. THIS SYSTEM HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO BRING ANOTHER 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF RAINFALL TO THE
AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN EMBEDDED CONVECTION.
DESPITE THE RAINFALL...A RETURN TO MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ARE
IN STORE FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY WITH HIGHS CLIMBING INTO
THE MID TO UPPER 50S ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA INTO FAR SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO REMAIN ON THE COOL SIDE NORTH OF THE
I-90 CORRIDOR WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S. A WEAK COLD
FRONT SLIDES THROUGH THE REGION LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS THE LOW
LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO ONTARIO. ZONAL FLOW SETS UP IN THE WAKE OF THE
LOW LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY AS ANOTHER TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER THE
SOUTHWEST CONUS. AN ACTIVE PATTERN WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHWEST CONUS EDGES
EAST WITH SHORTWAVE IMPULSES EJECTING NORTHEAST INTO THE REGION.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1204 AM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
AREA OF RAIN DEVELOPED/MOVED INTO THE AREA MUCH QUICKER THAN
EARLIER EXPECTED AS LOW LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION RAPIDLY INCREASED
THE ISENTROPIC UP GLIDE INTO THE AREA. THE 10.00Z NAM SHOWS THIS
UP GLIDE OF 2 TO 4 UBAR/S CONTINUING ON THE 295K SURFACE THROUGH
THE NIGHT. BASED ON THIS WILL CARRY MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS IN THE
RAIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. THE THUNDER IS BEGINNING TO
MOVE TO THE EAST SO WILL HAVE A TEMPO GROUP FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS
TO HANDLE THIS AND THEN GO WITH VCTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
NIGHT. STILL EXPECTING THE RAIN TO EASE UP AROUND 12Z AS THE SHORT
WAVE TROUGH NOW OVER WESTERN IOWA SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA AND THE
ISENTROPIC UP GLIDE BEGINS TO DIMINISH. THE ISENTROPIC UP GLIDE
WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AGAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING AHEAD OF THE NEXT SHORT WAVE TROUGH. AS THIS WAVE AND
FORCING COMES IN...EXPECT TO SEE A RETURN TO IFR CONDITIONS AS THE
CEILINGS GO DOWN. STILL SOME CONCERN FOR A PERIOD OF LIGHT
FREEZING PRECIPITATION AT KRST LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. STILL APPEARS THAT MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD
REMAIN LIQUID BUT TEMPERATURES COULD DIP BELOW 32 FOR A SHORT
PERIOD SO WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD ON TO THE MENTION OF SOME FZDZ.
THIS ALSO BECOMES A CONCERN AT KRST WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE
PERSISTENT NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY BRING IN THE
COLDER AIR. STILL CONCERNED THAT THE MODEL SOUNDINGS MAY BE TOO
COLD AND WILL STAY WITH JUST RAIN FOR NOW BUT LATER FORECASTS MAY
HAVE TO INTRODUCE SOME FREEZING RAIN.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
ISSUED AT 359 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
THE RIVERS ARE CONTINUING TO RUN AT OR ABOVE BANKFULL IN
WISCONSIN NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 AND JUST BELOW OR BELOW BANK FULL
IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. WITH ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
EXPECTED FROM TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE CONTINUES TO BE
CONCERN THAT THIS PROLONG THE EXISTING FLOODING ALONG THE BLACK
AND TREMPEALEAU RIVERS...AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
FLOODING ALONG OTHER RIVERS IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. DUE TO
THIS...KEPT THE FLOOD WATCH GOING FROM TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
&&
.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR WIZ017-029-032>034-
041>044-053>055-061.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR WIZ017-029-
032>034.
MN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR MNZ079-086>088-094>096.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR MNZ079-
086>088.
IA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR IAZ008>011-018-019-029-
030.
&&
SHORT TERM...DAS
LONG TERM...DAS/JRW
AVIATION...04
HYDROLOGY...DASHazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 2:35 PM CDT, 11 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 235 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 MNZ079-086>088-101100- DODGE-OLMSTED-WABASHA-WINONA- 235 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW-MELT RUNOFF AND ADDITIONAL RAINS TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE CONTINUED RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL PRODUCE ICING UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND LIGHTNING. FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...EXPECT A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE. UP TO A TENTH OF INCH OF ICE...AND 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY. THE FLOOD WATCH ALSO CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF RAIN...SNOW...ICING AND ANY FLOODING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ094>096-101100- ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-HOUSTON-HOWARD- MITCHELL-MOWER-WINNESHIEK- 235 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW-MELT RUNOFF AND ADDITIONAL RAINS TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE CONTINUED RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE UP TO A TENTH OF INCH OF ICE...AND UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. THE FLOOD WATCH ALSO CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS...WITH MORE FLOODING THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF RAIN...SNOW...ICING AND ANY FLOODING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. WIZ017-029-032>034-101100- BUFFALO-CLARK-JACKSON-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU- 235 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. SOME FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE TREMPEALEAU AND BLACK RIVERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW-MELT RUNOFF AND ADDITIONAL RAINS TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE CONTINUED RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND THE THREAT OF MORE FLOODING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL PRODUCE ICING UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE. UP TO A TENTH OF INCH OF ICE...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY. THE FLOOD WATCH ALSO CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS AND A CONTINUED THREAT OF MORE FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF RAIN...SNOW...ICING AND ANY FLOODING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. WIZ041>044-053>055-061-101100- ADAMS-CRAWFORD-GRANT-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE-RICHLAND-VERNON- 235 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW-MELT RUNOFF AND ADDITIONAL RAINS TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE CONTINUED RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND LIGHTNING ARE THE MAIN HAZARDS. FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL PRODUCE UP TO A TENTH OF INCH OF ICE...AND UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW. THE FLOOD WATCH ALSO CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS...WITH MORE FLOODING THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF RAIN...SNOW...ICING AND ANY FLOODING OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. BOYNE/AJ/RRS
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1156 PM CDT TUE APR 9 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM HAIL SAINT ANSGAR 43.38N 92.92W
04/09/2013 M0.75 INCH MITCHELL IA PUBLIC
DIME SIZED HAIL FELL FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES
COVERING THE GROUND.
0736 PM HAIL MEYER 43.45N 92.72W
04/09/2013 M1.75 INCH MITCHELL IA PUBLIC
GOF BALL SIZE HAIL
0745 PM HAIL MCINTIRE 43.44N 92.59W
04/09/2013 M1.50 INCH MITCHELL IA PUBLIC
PING PONG SIZE HAIL
0802 PM HAIL LE ROY 43.51N 92.51W
04/09/2013 M0.75 INCH MOWER MN BROADCAST MEDIA
0828 PM HAIL 2 N HARMONY 43.58N 92.01W
04/09/2013 M1.50 INCH FILLMORE MN PUBLIC
PING PONG SIZE HAIL
0832 PM HAIL 2 ESE HUTTON 43.60N 92.01W
04/09/2013 M1.00 INCH FILLMORE MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
0832 PM HAIL HARMONY 43.56N 92.01W
04/09/2013 M0.75 INCH FILLMORE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0900 PM HAIL 3 SE HOUSTON 43.73N 91.54W
04/09/2013 M1.00 INCH HOUSTON MN PUBLIC
0905 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NE BONAIR 43.47N 92.13W
04/09/2013 0 MPH HOWARD IA PUBLIC
STORAGE SHED BLOWN OVER
0911 PM TSTM WND DMG CRESCO 43.37N 92.12W
04/09/2013 HOWARD IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
GARAGE ROOF BLOWN OFF
0912 PM TSTM WND DMG CRESCO 43.37N 92.12W
04/09/2013 HOWARD IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SIGN DAMAGED
0912 PM TSTM WND DMG CRESCO 43.37N 92.12W
04/09/2013 HOWARD IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
BOTH A PICKUP AND A SEMI WAS BLOWN OVER.
BOTH VEHICLES WERE HAULING AN EMPTY CATTLE
TRAILER.
0912 PM TSTM WND GST CRESCO 43.37N 92.12W
04/09/2013 M68 MPH HOWARD IA PUBLIC
0915 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 NW CRESCO 43.38N 92.13W
04/09/2013 HOWARD IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE PINE TREE BLOWN OVER ONTO TO VALLEY
AVENUE
0927 PM HAIL 1 SE LA CROSSE 43.81N 91.22W
04/09/2013 M1.00 INCH LA CROSSE WI AMATEUR RADIO
0935 PM HAIL 1 SSW LA CROSSE 43.81N 91.25W
04/09/2013 M1.00 INCH LA CROSSE WI PUBLIC
0935 PM HAIL 3 SSE LA CROSSE 43.78N 91.21W
04/09/2013 M1.00 INCH LA CROSSE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
1118 PM HAIL 1 S TUNNEL CITY 43.99N 90.57W
04/09/2013 M0.50 INCH MONROE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
3/8 INCH HAIL
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IRIS SYSTEMSpecial weather statement, Apr 10, 12:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1200 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ095-096-WIZ034-041>044-053>055-061- 100700- ADAMS-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD- GRANT-HOUSTON-HOWARD-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MITCHELL-MONROE- RICHLAND-VERNON-WINNESHIEK- 1200 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT... THROUGH 2 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... NORTHEAST IOWA...AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. THE HAIL MAY ACCUMULATE ON ROADS...THUS MAKING THEM SLICK. IN ADDITION TO THE HAIL...THERE WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. BOYNE
Local storm report, Apr 10, 12:57 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1257 AM CDT WED APR 10 2013
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 AM FREEZING RAIN 1 S TUNNEL CITY 43.99N 90.57W
04/10/2013 U0 INCH MONROE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
ICING OCCURRING ON BRANCHES AND ON THE
SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
TEMPERATURE 31F.
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IRIS SYSTEMThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 2:20 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Clark, Jackson, Trempealeau | 6 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:25 AM CDT | Ice Storm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau | 32 hr |
| Apr 10, 5:25 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 32 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 65 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Vernon | 58 hr |
| Apr 10, 9:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Vernon | 4 days |
| Apr 10, 9:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 5 days |
| Apr 10, 9:58 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 5 days |
| Apr 10, 11:36 AM CDT | Freezing Rain Advisory | ARX | Adams, Crawford, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland and 1 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 9, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard, Mitchell | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 10:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 69 hr |
| Apr 9, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 48 min |
| Apr 10, 3:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Olmsted, Winona | 22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.