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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 23, 2016La Crosse County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Jul 23, 2016, 2:51 PM CDT for La Crosse County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 23, 2016, 2:51 PM CDT (19:51 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2016, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI

County La Crosse County, WI

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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 Jul 23, 12:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 12:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 2:08 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 23, 11:32 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1132 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

IAZ030-WIZ054-061-231730-
CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-GRANT-
1132 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CLAYTON...SOUTHERN
CRAWFORD AND NORTHERN GRANT COUNTIES...

AT 1131 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GARNAVILLO...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELKADER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...LANCASTER...GUTTENBERG...BOSCOBEL...FENNIMORE...
MUSCODA...MCGREGOR...GARNAVILLO...BLOOMINGTON...FARMERSBURG...
PRESTON...BRIDGEPORT...ARTHUR...MONTFORT...WAUZEKA AND LIVINGSTON.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...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 4298 9137 4320 9046 4320 9043 4284 9043
      4280 9130
TIME...MOT...LOC 1631Z 253DEG 31KT 4292 9124

04

Local storm report, Jul 23, 12:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1210 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1209 PM     FLASH FLOOD      BLOOMINGTON             42.89N 90.92W
07/23/2016                   GRANT              WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MOST CREEKS IN THE BLOOMINGTON AREA WERE OUT
            OF THEIR BANKS.

&&

04

Local storm report, Jul 23, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1230 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1215 PM     HEAVY RAIN       MONONA                  43.05N 91.39W
07/23/2016  M3.30 INCH       CLAYTON            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            .

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CJA

Local storm report, Jul 23, 12:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 23, 1:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:51 PM 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
Jul 23, 8:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	La Crosse, Vernon	36 min
Jul 23, 10:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Buffalo	61 min
Jul 23, 11:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Grant	58 min
Jul 23, 12:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Grant	6 hr
Jul 23, 2:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Crawford	3 hr
Jul 23, 2:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek	3 hr
Jul 23, 5:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Dubuque	37 min
Jul 23, 8:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Dodge, Mower	59 min
Jul 23, 9:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Dodge, Mower	38 min
Jul 23, 9:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Wabasha	41 min
Jul 23, 10:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ARX	Mower	115 min
Jul 23, 12:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ARX	Olmsted	3 hr
Jul 23, 1:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ARX	Winona	3 hr
Jul 23, 1:26 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Winona	25 hr
Jul 23, 1:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Winona	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.