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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2016, 11:27 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 93 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
- Jul 16, 2016, 11:27 PM CDT (04:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Dodge County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1397 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 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 Jul 16, 6:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 6:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 320 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016 IAZ010-011-029-030-MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044- 053>055-061-171300- WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WABASHA-WINONA-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- 320 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AFTER 1 AM. THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM THESE STORMS INCLUDE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING THE MAIN CONCERN. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO EARLY TO DISCERN WHETHER THERE WILL BE ANY SEVERE RISK WITH THESE STORMS. HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 T0 110 ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THOUGH ANY WIND OR HEAVY RAIN REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. A FEW SPOTTER GROUPS MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. IAZ008-009-018-019-MNZ086-087-094-095-171300- MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-FILLMORE- 320 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AFTER 1 AM. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. OTHERWISE THE MAIN HAZARDS FROM THESE STORMS INCLUDE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING THE MAIN CONCERN. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO EARLY TO DISCERN WHETHER THERE WILL BE ANY SEVERE RISK WITH THESE STORMS. HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 T0 110 ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING DUE TO THE TIME OF DAY AND ISOLATED NATURE OF THE SEVERE POTENTIAL. HOWEVER...ANY WIND OR HEAVY RAIN REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. A FEW SPOTTER GROUPS MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. AJ
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 11:27 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1127 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
MNZ079-086-087-094-095-170600-
DODGE-WABASHA-MOWER-FILLMORE-OLMSTED-
1127 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MOWER...WESTERN
FILLMORE...WESTERN WABASHA...DODGE AND OLMSTED COUNTIES...
AT 1124 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LONSDALE TO NEAR OWATONNA TO NEAR
NEW RICHLAND. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCHESTER...AUSTIN...DODGE CENTER...STEWARTVILLE...SPRING VALLEY...
GRAND MEADOW...LE ROY AND MAZEPPA.
PEOPLE ATTENDING THE DODGE COUNTY FAIR SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY!
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 4420 9304 4419 9255 4437 9254 4437 9243
4445 9243 4446 9228 4445 9224 4350 9207
4351 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0424Z 281DEG 28KT 4439 9341 4410 9332 4391 9344
DTJThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 4:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Richland, Vernon | 80 min |
| Jul 17, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 59 min |
| Jul 17, 12:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Howard | 32 min |
| Jul 17, 1:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Winneshiek | 39 min |
| Jul 17, 2:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard | 4 hr |
| Jul 17, 11:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 54 min |
| Jul 17, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mower | 30 min |
| Jul 17, 2:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Dodge | 3 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.