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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 15, 2016Jackson County, Wisconsin

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2016-06-15Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2016-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
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

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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 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, Jun 15, 11:13 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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, Jun 15, 1:48 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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

AJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryARXLa Crosse115 min
Jun 14, 9:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXJuneau, Monroe, Richland62 min
Jun 15, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXClark, Taylor57 min
Jun 15, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXClark, Taylor75 min
Jun 15, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark, Jackson51 min
Jun 15, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJackson35 min
Jun 15, 4:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXAdams89 min
Jun 15, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau39 min
Jun 15, 4:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXAdams66 min
Jun 14, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXFayette, Winneshiek40 min
Jun 14, 8:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningARXChickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell6 hr
Jun 15, 12:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXClayton42 hr
Jun 15, 5:05 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningARXFloyd6 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Wisconsin, 2016Every special weather statement 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.