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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 26, 20166 counties in Wisconsin; Clayton County, Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2016, 1:26 AM CDT for 6 counties in Wisconsin; Clayton County, Iowa. It was in force for 64 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 26, 2016, 1:26 AM CDT (06:26 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2016, 2:30 AM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI

Counties Clayton County, IA, Adams County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Richland County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 238 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 497 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

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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 26, 12:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 12:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 8:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
833 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

WIZ017-029-261200-
TAYLOR-CLARK-
833 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. MAIN THREATS ARE
DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

LOCALIZED SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-
041>044-053>055-061-261200-
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
833 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

WETENKAMP

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 9:54 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
954 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

IAZ008-MNZ094-260345-
MITCHELL-MOWER-
954 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN MITCHELL AND
MOWER COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 PM...

AT 949 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES WEST OF AUSTIN TO
JOICE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  AUSTIN AROUND 1000 PM CDT.
  BROWNSDALE AND ROSE CREEK AROUND 1005 PM CDT.
  GRAND MEADOW AROUND 1030 PM CDT.
  ST. ANSGAR AND LYLE AROUND 1035 PM CDT.
  STACYVILLE AND ADAMS AROUND 1045 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE RACINE...DEXTER...
MAPLEVIEW...ELKTON AND CARPENTER.

USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY THROUGH AUSTIN. SEEK SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4372 9305 4378 9245 4336 9269 4333 9302
      4350 9303 4350 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0249Z 258DEG 30KT 4369 9305 4335 9342

AJ

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1054 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

MNZ094-095-260445-
MOWER-FILLMORE-
1054 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN MOWER AND
FILLMORE COUNTIES...

AT 1053 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR STEWARTVILLE TO NEAR LE
ROY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

THESE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SPRING VALLEY AROUND 1100 PM CDT.
  WYKOFF AROUND 1110 PM CDT.
  CHATFIELD AND FOUNTAIN AROUND 1120 PM CDT.
  PRESTON AROUND 1125 PM CDT.
  LANESBORO AROUND 1135 PM CDT.
  HARMONY AROUND 1140 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE FILLMORE...
WASHINGTON...RACINE...CHERRY GROVE AND BRISTOL.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4383 9254 4385 9192 4350 9200 4350 9262
TIME...MOT...LOC 0353Z 260DEG 30KT 4378 9246 4349 9255

AJ

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 11:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1151 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

IAZ009>011-019-029-030-MNZ088-095-096-WIZ029-033-034-041-042-053-054-
260545-
HOWARD-CLAYTON-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-WINONA-HOUSTON-
FILLMORE-MONROE-LA CROSSE-TREMPEALEAU-CLARK-CRAWFORD-VERNON-JACKSON-
1151 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...

AT 1148 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NEAR THORP WISCONSIN TO NEAR CLARKSVILLE IOWA.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

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 4264 9208 4291 9208 4291 9242 4460 9098
      4460 9092 4503 9059 4503 9032 4412 9031
      4342 9096 4342 9067 4317 9067 4299 9116
      4300 9116 4307 9118 4313 9118 4329 9108
      4264 9166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0448Z 271DEG 25KT 4500 9071 4283 9264

JSB

Local storm report, Jun 26, 12:26 AM CDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 12:41 AM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:26 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Pepin	20 min
Jun 25, 9:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Taylor	51 min
Jun 25, 11:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Clark, Crawford, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon	54 min
Jun 26, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	La Crosse, Vernon	51 min
Jun 26, 12:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon	40 min
Jun 25, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Mower	51 min
Jun 25, 10:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ARX	Mower	111 min
Jun 25, 10:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Fillmore	51 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Wisconsin, 2016 Special Weather Statements in Iowa, 2016 Every 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.