Alert archive / Wisconsin / Freeze Warnings in 2016
Freeze Warning 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this freeze warning at Oct 12, 2016, 3:24 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Oct 13, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 12, 2016, 3:24 AM CDT (08:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 13, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
All 27 counties
Allamakee County, IA, 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, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
386 WWUS73 KARX 120824 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 324 AM CDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT... .TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 20S AND LOWER 30S FOR THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT. WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...WIDESPREAD FROST SHOULD ALSO FORM. THE COMBINATION OF THE SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST WILL LIKELY END THE GROWING SEASON FOR ANY UNPROTECTED PLANTS. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-121630- /O.NEW.KARX.FZ.W.0002.161013T0700Z-161013T1400Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CLARK- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSAGE...CRESCO...DECORAH...WAUKON... CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ELKADER...WABASHA... DODGE CENTER...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRESTON... CALEDONIA...NEILLSVILLE...ALMA...ARCADIA...WHITEHALL... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON... FRIENDSHIP...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 324 AM CDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY. * LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 20S TO LOWER 30S WILL OCCUR TONIGHT ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD FROST. * WITH THESE TEMPERATURES AND FROST...THE GROWING SEASON IS EXPECTED TO END FOR ANY UNPROTECTED PLANTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. && $$ 04/DTJ
5 follow-up statements
215 WWUS73 KARX 121521 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1021 AM CDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT... .WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT...TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO FALL INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT. THESE TEMPERATURES AND THE RESULTING FROST AND SUB- FREEZING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY END THE GROWING SEASON FOR ANY UNPROTECTED...FROST-SENSITIVE PLANTS. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-122330- /O.CON.KARX.FZ.W.0002.161013T0700Z-161013T1400Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CLARK- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSAGE...CRESCO...DECORAH...WAUKON... CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ELKADER...WABASHA... DODGE CENTER...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRESTON... CALEDONIA...NEILLSVILLE...ALMA...ARCADIA...WHITEHALL... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON... FRIENDSHIP...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 1021 AM CDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... * LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 20S TO LOWER 30S WILL OCCUR TONIGHT ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD FREEZING AND FROST. * THESE TEMPERATURES AND THE FROST ARE EXPECTED TO DAMAGE OR KILL TENDER...FROST-SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. TENDER PLANTS YOU WISH TO SAVE SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INDOORS TONIGHT. && $$ RRS
481 WWUS73 KARX 121958 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 258 PM CDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT... .CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE THOUGH THE EVENING...WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS ALONG WITH A SEASONABLY COOL AIRMASS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TO DROP INTO THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S BY THURSDAY MORNING. THESE TEMPERATURES...WITH THE RESULTING FROST AND SUB-FREEZING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY END THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE AREA AND KILL ANY UNPROTECTED...FROST-SENSITIVE PLANTS. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-130400- /O.CON.KARX.FZ.W.0002.161013T0700Z-161013T1400Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CLARK- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSAGE...CRESCO...DECORAH...WAUKON... CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ELKADER...WABASHA... DODGE CENTER...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRESTON... CALEDONIA...NEILLSVILLE...ALMA...ARCADIA...WHITEHALL... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON... FRIENDSHIP...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 258 PM CDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... * LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 20S TO LOWER 30S WILL OCCUR TONIGHT ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD FREEZING AND FROST. * THESE TEMPERATURES AND THE FROST ARE EXPECTED TO DAMAGE OR KILL TENDER...FROST-SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL FROST-SENSITIVE CROPS AND OTHER VEGETATION. TENDER...ORNAMENTAL PLANTS YOU WISH TO SAVE SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INDOORS TONIGHT. && $$ RRS
579 WWUS73 KARX 130155 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 855 PM CDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT... .CLOUDS WILL BE A CONCERN TONIGHT WITH THE IMPACT THEY COULD HAVE ON OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES IF THEY DO NOT CLEAR AS FORECAST. LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT CLOUDS WILL CLEAR LATE WITH TEMPERATURES QUICKLY FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S AND POSSIBLY INTO THE UPPER 20S. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-131200- /O.CON.KARX.FZ.W.0002.161013T0700Z-161013T1400Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CLARK- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSAGE...CRESCO...DECORAH...WAUKON... CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ELKADER...WABASHA... DODGE CENTER...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRESTON... CALEDONIA...NEILLSVILLE...ALMA...ARCADIA...WHITEHALL... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON... FRIENDSHIP...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 855 PM CDT WED OCT 12 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY... * LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 20S TO LOWER 30S ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD FREEZING AND FROST. * THESE TEMPERATURES AND THE FROST ARE EXPECTED TO DAMAGE OR KILL TENDER...FROST-SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL FROST-SENSITIVE CROPS AND OTHER VEGETATION. TENDER...ORNAMENTAL PLANTS YOU WISH TO SAVE SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INDOORS TONIGHT. && $$ WETENKAMP
402 WWUS73 KARX 130832 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 332 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...FROST AND FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR PARTS OF THE AREA... .SKIES HAVE CLEARED OUT THIS MORNING OVER ALL OF NORTHEAST IOWA INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THIS HAS ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE 30S IN THOSE AREAS. THE REST OF THE AREA REMAINED UNDER CLOUDS WHICH WAS HOLDING TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE FREEZING. THE CLOUDS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO CLEAR OUT BY SUNRISE FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING SHOULD DIP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S...ALTHOUGH THE RIVER VALLEYS MAY REMAIN IN THE MIDDLE 30S. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-131400- /O.CON.KARX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161013T1400Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CLARK- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSAGE...CRESCO...DECORAH...WAUKON... CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ELKADER...WABASHA... DODGE CENTER...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRESTON... CALEDONIA...NEILLSVILLE...ALMA...ARCADIA...WHITEHALL... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON... FRIENDSHIP...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 332 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING ALONG WITH SOME FROST. * THESE TEMPERATURES AND THE FROST ARE EXPECTED TO DAMAGE OR KILL TENDER...FROST-SENSITIVE PLANTS AND CROPS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL FROST-SENSITIVE CROPS AND OTHER VEGETATION. TENDER...ORNAMENTAL PLANTS YOU WISH TO SAVE SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INDOORS TONIGHT. && $$ 04
956 WWUS73 KARX 131354 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 854 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 9 AM... .SUNNY SKIES FOR MOST AREAS AND SLOW CLEARING ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO QUICKLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING THIS MORNING. THE FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ029-032>034- 041>044-053>055-061-131500- /O.EXP.KARX.FZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161013T1400Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-CLARK- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSAGE...CRESCO...DECORAH...WAUKON... CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ELKADER...WABASHA... DODGE CENTER...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRESTON... CALEDONIA...NEILLSVILLE...ALMA...ARCADIA...WHITEHALL... BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON... FRIENDSHIP...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER... PLATTEVILLE 854 AM CDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...FREEZE WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CDT THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES WILL RISE QUICKLY ABOVE FREEZING THIS MORNING... ALLOWING THE FREEZE WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 9 AM. $$ ROGERS
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Wisconsin, 2016Freeze Warnings in Iowa, 2016Freeze Warnings in Minnesota, 2016Every freeze warning in 2016
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.