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Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS La Crosse, WI

December 19, 20136 counties in Wisconsin; Allamakee County, Clayton County, Fayette County, Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter storm watch at Dec 19, 2013, 3:15 PM CST for 6 counties in Wisconsin; Allamakee County, Clayton County, Fayette County, Iowa. It took effect at Dec 21, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 19, 2013, 3:15 PM CST (21:15 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 21, 2013, 4:12 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI

Counties Allamakee County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Adams County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Richland County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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 storm watch 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 storm watch went out at Dec 19, 3:07 PM CST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 3:07 PM CST, 8 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
Dec 19, 3:26 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	ARX	Adams, Buffalo, Crawford, Grant, Jackson, Juneau and 5 more	39 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Wisconsin, 2013 Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2013 Every winter storm watch 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.