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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2014, 5:33 PM CDT for 5 counties in Wisconsin; 6 counties in Iowa; Fillmore County, Houston County, Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 117 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
- Jul 6, 2014, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2014, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Winona County, MN, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Jackson County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 1540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Jul 6, 3:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:31 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 319 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014 IAZ008-009-018-MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ017-029-032>034-071200- MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- 319 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL 7 PM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO COULD OCCUR AS WELL. FLOOD WARNINGS ALSO CONTINUE FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY SEVERE...IS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SHOULD THE STORMS TURN SEVERE...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN HAZARDS AGAIN. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. LIGHTNING WOULD BE THE MAIN HAZARD WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. THERE ARE MORE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WITH THESE STORMS. FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED UNTIL 7 PM...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. IAZ010-011-019-029-030-MNZ096-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-071200- WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE- MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- 319 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL 9 PM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO COULD OCCUR AS WELL. FLOOD WARNINGS ALSO CONTINUE FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...POSSIBLY SEVERE...IS EXPECTED MONDAY EVENING. SHOULD THE STORMS TURN SEVERE...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN HAZARDS AGAIN. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. LIGHTNING WOULD BE THE MAIN HAZARD WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP. THERE ARE MORE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WITH THESE STORMS. FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED UNTIL 9 PM...AND POSSIBLY MONDAY EVENING. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. AJ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 211 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014 WIZ029-032>034-041-042-062030- CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS... LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH 211 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2014 THROUGH 330 PM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 10 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS...HOWEVER BRIEF DOWNPOURS...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED. IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS WITH THIS SECOND BATCH COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. RRS
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
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Special Weather Statements in Iowa, 2014Special Weather Statements in Wisconsin, 2014Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014
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.