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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Sep 20, 2016, 11:26 PM CDT for Buffalo County, Wisconsin; 7 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 109 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
- Sep 20, 2016, 11:26 PM CDT (04:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2016, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 109 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Buffalo County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 662 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
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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 20, 6:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 6:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1211 PM CDT TUE SEP 20 2016 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-211200- MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU- ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- 1211 PM CDT TUE SEP 20 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND WESTERN INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOES INTO EFFECT TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...WITH THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL. FLASH FLOODING COULD DEVELOP WHEREVER STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE SAME LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. A FEW STRONGER STORMS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH RAINFALL OR FLOODING REPORTS GREATLY APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. LAWRENCE/WETENKAMP
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 11:26 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clark, Jackson, Trempealeau | 109 min |
| Sep 21, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Jackson, Trempealeau | 41 min |
| Sep 21, 1:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse and 3 more | 110 min |
| Sep 21, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams | 28 min |
| Sep 21, 2:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Crawford, La Crosse, Monroe, Richland, Vernon | 67 min |
| Sep 21, 3:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Buffalo, Jackson, La Crosse, Trempealeau | 119 min |
| Sep 21, 5:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 6:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford, Vernon | 6 hr |
| Sep 21, 8:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 10:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Jackson | 3 days |
| Sep 21, 10:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Trempealeau | 6 days |
| Sep 21, 10:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 4 days |
| Sep 21, 10:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 7 days |
| Sep 21, 10:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Richland, Vernon | 4 days |
| Sep 21, 10:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Vernon | 5 days |
| Sep 21, 10:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 5 days |
| Sep 21, 10:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 7 days |
| Sep 21, 10:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Crawford | 8 days |
| Sep 21, 11:31 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Monroe | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Trempealeau | 50 min |
| Sep 21, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Richland | 44 min |
| Sep 21, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clark | 55 min |
| Sep 21, 2:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Clark | 5 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Adams | 21 min |
| Sep 21, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Jackson | 46 min |
| Sep 21, 4:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Juneau | 7 days |
| Sep 21, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Adams, Juneau | 46 min |
| Sep 21, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams, Juneau, Monroe | 48 min |
| Sep 21, 6:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Adams | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Floyd | 51 min |
| Sep 21, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd | 39 min |
| Sep 21, 4:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Floyd | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd | 57 min |
| Sep 21, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Floyd | 40 min |
| Sep 21, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 35 min |
| Sep 21, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd | 44 min |
| Sep 21, 6:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Floyd | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Floyd | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 6:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 6 hr |
| Sep 21, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd | 32 min |
| Sep 21, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha | 32 min |
| Sep 21, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 54 min |
| Sep 21, 12:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Winona | 40 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.