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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 3, 2016Taylor County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: May 3, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI

County Taylor County, WI

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What forecasters said that day

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 May 3, 3:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 3:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 9:05 AM CDT, 8 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
905 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-
032>034-041>044-053>055-061-041200-
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-
ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
905 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WEST AND NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30
TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS OPEN
AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA.

THE STRONGER WINDS MAY CREATE ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THIS
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY WHERE SIGNIFICANT GREEN UP OF GRASSES HAS
NOT OCCURRED.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SCATTERED FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. AT THIS TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 11:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 11:56 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 5:15 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
515 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016

WIZ017-032315-
TAYLOR-
515 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN TAYLOR COUNTY...

AT 514 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SHELDON...OR 11
MILES SOUTHEAST OF LADYSMITH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEDFORD...JUMP RIVER...GILMAN...LUBLIN...PERKINSTOWN...KATHRYN
LAKE... HANNIBAL...THE MILLER DAM FLOWAGE...POLLEY AND
DONALD.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4512 9035 4503 9047 4503 9092 4538 9092
      4538 9083
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 312DEG 30KT 4534 9097

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.