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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2016, 4:20 AM CDT for Floyd County, Iowa. It was in force for 25 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 20, 2016, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2016, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
County Floyd County, IA
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 616 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -295 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 396 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
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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 20, 2:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 426 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-201100- 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- 426 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT. A FEW STRONGER TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MOSTLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN. STRONG WINDS AND HAIL WOULD BE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN FOR TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...AND AGAIN SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... GIVEN THE TIME OF NIGHT AND LOW RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. RIECK
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:46 AM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1246 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2016
MNZ079-086>088-094-095-WIZ017-029-032>034-200715-
WINONA-DODGE-WABASHA-MOWER-FILLMORE-OLMSTED-TREMPEALEAU-TAYLOR-CLARK-
BUFFALO-JACKSON-
1246 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2016
...A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD IMPACT SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING...
CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN EARLY THIS MORNING. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS
HAVE BEEN PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ALONG WITH HAIL AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...BE ALERT FOR THESE WIND GUSTS
AND THE LIGHTNING THREAT...ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE CAMPING OVERNIGHT.
A ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS AS THEY MOVE
THROUGH.
LAT...LON 4538 9004 4512 9004 4503 9031 4415 9032
4407 9131 4398 9142 4385 9129 4384 9173
4350 9173 4350 9305 4420 9304 4419 9255
4437 9255 4437 9243 4445 9243 4441 9208
4460 9200 4460 9092 4538 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 0543Z 240DEG 49KT 4404 9250
SHEALocal storm report, Jun 20, 1:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
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Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, Taylor, Trempealeau | 89 min |
| Jun 20, 1:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Taylor and 1 more | 82 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.