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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI

September 6, 2016Richland County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Sep 6, 2016, 8:38 PM CDT for Richland County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Sep 6, 2016, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired: Sep 6, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI

County Richland 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 Sep 6, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 6, 6:34 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 6, 8:18 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 6, 5:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
532 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016

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

0531 PM     HAIL             BIG FLATS               44.11N 89.81W
09/06/2016  E1.00 INCH       ADAMS              WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            .

&&

CJA

Local storm report, Sep 6, 6:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
602 PM CDT TUE SEP 06 2016

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

0533 PM     HAIL             ADAMS                   43.96N 89.82W
09/06/2016  M1.00 INCH       ADAMS              WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

SHEA

Special weather statement, Sep 6, 6:13 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
613 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016

WIZ041-042-070015-
MONROE-LA CROSSE-
613 PM CDT TUE SEP 6 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MONROE AND NORTHEASTERN LA
CROSSE COUNTIES...

AT 612 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BANGOR...OR 9
MILES WEST OF SPARTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPARTA...TOMAH...WEST SALEM...BANGOR...CATARACT...FORT MC COY...
LEON...BURNS...NORWALK...ROCKLAND...RIDGEVILLE...WARRENS...
JACKSON PASS AND BURR OAK.

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.

PERSONS IN CAMPGROUNDS SHOULD CONSIDER SEEKING STURDY SHELTER UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 4382 9038 4387 9109 4407 9109 4407 9097
      4412 9097 4413 9098 4415 9095 4415 9092
      4416 9091 4416 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 263DEG 20KT 4398 9100

DTJ

Local storm report, Sep 6, 6:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
625 PM CDT TUE SEP 06 2016

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

0607 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NE CRESCO             43.41N 92.06W
09/06/2016                   WINNESHIEK         IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN OVER HIGHWAY 139 ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF
            CRESCO HIGHWAY INTERCHANGE NEAR COUNTY LINE

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SHEA

Special weather statement, Sep 6, 7:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 6, 8:38 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
Sep 6, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	La Crosse	3 hr
Sep 7, 3:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Richland, Vernon	4 hr
Sep 7, 6:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Vernon	3 days
Sep 7, 6:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Richland, Vernon	57 hr
Sep 7, 7:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Crawford	3 days
Sep 7, 7:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Richland, Vernon	3 hr
Sep 7, 8:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Crawford	5 days
Sep 7, 10:04 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Crawford	6 days
Sep 7, 10:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ARX	Crawford, Richland, Vernon	6 hr
Sep 7, 3:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ARX	Crawford, Richland, Vernon	12 hr
Sep 7, 2:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Winneshiek	5 hr
Sep 7, 6:32 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Winneshiek	34 hr
Sep 7, 7:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Winneshiek	3 hr
Sep 7, 8:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ARX	Allamakee	3 days

Nearby

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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.