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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI

April 3, 2014Fayette County, Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT for Fayette County, Iowa. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2014, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2014, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI

County Fayette County, IA

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 3, 6:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 6:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 3:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
354 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

WIZ017-029-041100-
TAYLOR-CLARK-
354 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
WISCONSIN AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT BEFORE
MIXING WITH SNOW TOWARD DAYBREAK. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF
INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY. THE WINTRY MIX
OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME ALL SNOW EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WITH RATES OF AN INCH AN HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE. SNOW TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IT WILL ALSO
BECOME WINDY WITH SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH AND
GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW AND COULD PRODUCE SOME POWER OUTAGES AND TREE
DAMAGE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS OF ICING...SNOW OR DAMAGE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

IAZ008-009-018-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ032>034-041100-
MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
354 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT STARTING AT 10 PM.
RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW OVERNIGHT AND THERE COULD ALSO BE
SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS
THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING.
LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY. THE WINTRY
MIX WILL BECOME ALL SNOW EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH RATES OF AN INCH AN HOUR POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IT WILL ALSO BECOME
WINDY WITH SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS OF
40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE SOME
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND COULD CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES AND
TREE DAMAGE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS OF ICING...SNOW OR DAMAGE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

IAZ010-011-019-029-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-041100-
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE-
MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
354 PM CDT THU APR 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. LIGHTNING
WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARD WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW FRIDAY. ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN
INCH ARE EXPECTED. IT WILL BECOME WINDY FRIDAY WITH SUSTAINED
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ANY REPORTS OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

04

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXChickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell50 min
Apr 3, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXAllamakee45 min

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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.