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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2016, 10:21 PM CDT for Juneau County, Monroe County, Vernon County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 16, 2016, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Juneau County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 634 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
966
WWUS83 KARX 170321
SPSARX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1021 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
MNZ096-WIZ029-034-042>044-053-055-170400-
HOUSTON-RICHLAND-JUNEAU-ADAMS-MONROE-CLARK-VERNON-JACKSON-
1021 PM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN HOUSTON...
SOUTHEASTERN CLARK...MONROE...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...VERNON...
JUNEAU...WESTERN ADAMS AND NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTIES...
AT 1020 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEILLSVILLE
WISCONSIN TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF CASHTON WISCONSIN TO 7 MILES
NORTH OF NEW ALBIN IOWA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 55 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...FRIENDSHIP...NEW LISBON...WESTBY...
ADAMS...ELROY...HILLSBORO...CASHTON...NECEDAH...WONEWOC...
COON VALLEY...LA FARGE...NEW ROME...DELLWOOD...GLENDALE AND SHERWOOD.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4373 8987 4364 9014 4364 9031 4358 9031
4343 9076 4357 9147 4373 9101 4373 9091
4376 9091 4384 9067 4468 9051 4467 9032
4425 9032 4425 8976
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 280DEG 47KT 4460 9047 4384 9062 4360 9133
$$
04The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Buffalo | 90 min |
| Aug 16, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Jackson, La Crosse | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Adams | 61 min |
| Aug 17, 12:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Richland | 56 min |
| Aug 17, 3:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clayton | 58 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.