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Wind Advisory 5, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Jun 22, 2015, 7:58 AM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 22, 2015, 7:58 AM CDT (12:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2015, 10:54 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Chickasaw County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:01 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 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -219 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
185 WWUS73 KARX 221258 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 758 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 ...HIGH WINDS BEHIND THE THUNDERSTORMS... .GUSTY WINDS ARE BEING LEFT BEHIND AFTER THE COMPLEX OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE REGION. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON FOR A FEW HOURS BEHIND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM...AND SOME GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-221700- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0005.150622T1258Z-150622T1700Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER- FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 758 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY. * TIMING...THIS MORNING * WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH * IMPACTS...SMALL LIMBS MAY BE KNOCKED DOWN AND DRIVING MAY BE 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. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
961 WWUS73 KARX 221508 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1008 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 ...STRONG...GUSTY WINDS BEHIND THE THUNDERSTORMS... .GUSTY WINDS ARE BLOWING OUT OF THE BACK SIDE OF THE LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA BETWEEN 5 AM AND 9 AM THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA TROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-221700- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150622T1700Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER- FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1008 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY... * TIMING...THIS MORNING * WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...SMALL LIMBS MAY BE KNOCKED DOWN AND DRIVING MAY BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS TO 45 MPH OR MORE...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RRS
381 WWUS73 KARX 221554 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1054 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 ...THREAT OF STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAS ENDED. .THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THAT WAS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS BEHIND IT HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED INTO EASTERN WISCONSIN. SOME WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH CAN STILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON AS A LOW AND COLD FRONT MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ079-086-087-094-095-221700- /O.CAN.KARX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150622T1700Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER- FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN 1054 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE THREAT OF THE STRONG...GUSTY WINDS HAS PASSED WITH THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WEAKENING AND MOVING INTO EASTERN WISCONSIN. $$ RRS
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 6:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 42 min |
| Jun 22, 6:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard, Winneshiek | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 6:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clayton | 66 min |
| Jun 22, 6:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Howard, Mitchell | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 7:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 80 min |
| Jun 22, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 8:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton, Winneshiek | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 8:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clayton | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 9:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Floyd | 67 hr |
| Jun 22, 11:25 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Winneshiek | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:57 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 54 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mower | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 5:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mower | 45 min |
| Jun 22, 5:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 6:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 7:32 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 34 hr |
| Jun 22, 8:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Mower | 61 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.