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Wind Advisory 3, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Apr 21, 2015, 3:44 AM CDT for 7 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 21, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2015, 3:44 AM CDT (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 1197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
554 WWUS73 KARX 210844 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 344 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH FOR THIS AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO SUBSIDE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-211645- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0003.150421T1700Z-150421T2300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-DODGE- OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 344 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO SUBSIDE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE. && $$ WETENKAMP
3 follow-up statements
525 WWUS73 KARX 211514 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1014 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH FOR THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED THIS MORNING INCLUDING 41 MPH AT ROCHESTER...40 MPH AT OELWEIN AND 39 MPH AT CHARLES CITY. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-212300- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.150421T1700Z-150421T2300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-DODGE- OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1014 AM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING. * STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE. && $$ CC
872 WWUS73 KARX 211954 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 254 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON... .NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE INCREASED THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS OF 33 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT OELWEIN SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS GREATER THAN 40 MPH HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED AT OELWEIN...DODGE CENTER AND ROCHESTER. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING THIS EVENING. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-212300- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150421T2300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-DODGE- OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 254 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. LOOK FOR THE WINDS TO SUBSIDE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING. * STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. USE EXTRA CAUTION IF YOU ARE DRIVING A HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE. && $$
691 WWUS73 KARX 212303 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 603 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...STRONG WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING... .THE STRONG WEST NORTHWEST WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL DECREASE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY 9 PM THIS EVENING. THE WIND GUSTS WILL DIMINISH FROM NEAR 40 MPH TO 25 MPH DURING THE AFOREMENTIONED TIME. DUE TO THIS...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-220015- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150421T2300Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-DODGE- OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 603 PM CDT TUE APR 21 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE STRONG WEST NORTHWEST WINDS WILL QUICKLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL DECREASE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH TO 10 TO 20 MPH BY 9 PM THIS EVENING. THE WIND GUSTS WILL DIMINISH FROM NEAR 40 MPH TO 25 MPH DURING THE AFOREMENTIONED TIME. DUE TO THIS...THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ BOYNE
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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.