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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI

April 24, 2016Wabasha County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Apr 24, 2016, 9:32 PM CDT for Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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 24, 2016, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI

County Wabasha County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 258 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
258 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
388 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 9:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXBuffalo, Trempealeau65 min
Apr 25, 9:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXTrempealeau58 min
Apr 25, 10:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXJackson, Trempealeau55 min
Apr 25, 10:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXClark, Jackson64 min
Apr 24, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXDodge, Mower22 min
Apr 24, 8:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXDodge24 min
Apr 24, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXDodge20 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.