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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2016, 3:57 PM CDT for Dodge County, Mower County, Olmsted County, 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
- Aug 18, 2016, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Dodge County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1165 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 18, 2:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 2:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 3:00 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 300 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016 IAZ008>011-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-191100- MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA- MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- 300 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED GOING INTO THE EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN. A FEW WARNINGS ARE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AND OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN LIKELY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 5PM AND 9PM. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. IAZ018-019-029-030-WIZ041>044-053>055-061-191100- FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS- VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- 300 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...AFTER 6PM. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD REFORM LATE TONIGHT AS WELL WITH A THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WIND AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW GROUPS MIGHT BE NEEDED IF STRONGER STORMS MOVE IN EARLY THIS EVENING. SPOTTERS MAY ALSO BE NEEDED LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. WIZ017-029-032>034-191100- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON- 300 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE GOING INTO THE EVENING... BUT ANOTHER THREAT EXISTS OVERNIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED IN CASE ADDITIONAL FLOODING DEVELOPS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG AT TIMES WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS EVENING. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. SHEA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 3:57 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
357 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
MNZ086-087-094-095-182230-
DODGE-MOWER-FILLMORE-OLMSTED-
357 PM CDT THU AUG 18 2016
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
AT 348 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACHING INTERSTATE 35 IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS
HAVE A HISTORY OF ISOLATED QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND POCKETS OF
WIND DAMAGE.
MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORMS WILL MOVE
INTO MOWER AND DODGE COUNTIES JUST AFTER 430 PM...AND CONTINUE
EAST TO ROCHESTER AND PRESTON IN THE 5 TO 6 PM HOUR.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
AS WELL. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.
SEEK SHELTER WHEN THE STORMS APPROACH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4420 9304 4419 9233 4411 9232 4411 9230
4350 9207 4351 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 298DEG 35KT 4413 9355 4373 9386
DABThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Vernon | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 7:00 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Winneshiek | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Floyd | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower | 61 min |
| Aug 18, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 61 min |
| Aug 18, 5:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Mower | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 70 min |
| Aug 18, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 29 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.