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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Jun 15, 2016, 2:20 PM CDT for Jackson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 55 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
- Jun 15, 2016, 2:20 PM CDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
County Jackson County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jun 15, 12:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 12:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1113 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032-033-041- 053>055-061-161615- MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-LA CROSSE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- 1113 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS WILL KEEP WATER LEVELS HIGH ON SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN FOR LATER SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY AT THIS TIME TO DISCERN THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. WIZ017-029-034-042>044-161615- TAYLOR-CLARK-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- 1113 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94...MAINLY BETWEEN 1 AND 4 PM. GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH THE STORMS. HOWEVER...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT A STORM OR TWO COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN FOR LATER SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY AT THIS TIME TO DISCERN THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...THOUGH ANY REPORTS OF STRONG WINDS OR HAIL WOULD BE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. AJ
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 15, 9:20 AM CDT, 5 hours before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 148 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016 WIZ017-029-151945- TAYLOR-CLARK- 148 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF TAYLOR AND CLARK COUNTIES BY 245 PM... AT 142 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LADYSMITH TO 5 MILES EAST OF EAU CLAIRE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE INTO TAYLOR AND CLARK COUNTIES, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD EVEN BECOME SEVERE. LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY 245 PM INCLUDE... THORP...GREENWOOD...OWEN...JUMP RIVER...LONGWOOD...RESEBURG... WILLARD...WITHEE...GILMAN...LUBLIN...PERKINSTOWN...SEVEN SISTER MOUNDS...TIOGA...ROCK DAM LAKE...MEAD LAKE AND POLLEY. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4456 9053 4459 9092 4538 9092 4537 9045 TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 268DEG 22KT 4563 9104 4470 9118 AJ
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 2:20 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
220 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
WIZ033-034-152015-
TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
220 PM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND
NORTHEASTERN TREMPEALEAU COUNTIES...
AT 218 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTH OF
OSSEO...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF WHITEHALL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE AND WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. HOWEVER...THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY AND BECOME
SEVERE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAIRCHILD...YORK...NORTHFIELD...MERRILLAN... ALMA CENTER...LEVIS...
PIGEON FALLS...PLEASANTVILLE... REQUA AND NORTH BRANCH.
BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION
STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4451 9092 4451 9080 4442 9080 4442 9079
4440 9079 4441 9133 4459 9134 4460 9105
4460 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 269DEG 20KT 4450 9124
AJThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | La Crosse | 115 min |
| Jun 14, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Juneau, Monroe, Richland | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 1:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 57 min |
| Jun 15, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 75 min |
| Jun 15, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Jackson | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 4:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Adams | 89 min |
| Jun 15, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Juneau | 39 min |
| Jun 15, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams | 66 min |
| Jun 14, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Fayette, Winneshiek | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Clayton | 42 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ARX | Floyd | 6 hr |
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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.