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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI

October 17, 2016Taylor County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Oct 17, 2016, 7:08 PM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 22 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: Oct 17, 2016, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired: Oct 17, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI

County Taylor County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 401 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 342 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 2.2

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The text

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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 Oct 17, 6:56 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 17, 6:56 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 17, 12:33 PM CDT, 6 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1233 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-181200-
WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
1233 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND FROM WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8 PM. THE MAIN THREATS
WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO COULD
ALSO OCCUR. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON
TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO NEAR 80 DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-WIZ054-055-061-181200-
MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-
CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
1233 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA
AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 17, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
600 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

WIZ017-172330-
TAYLOR-
600 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN TAYLOR
COUNTY...

AT 559 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR WESTBORO TO CHELSEA TO JUST
NORTHWEST OF MEDFORD. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIB LAKE...CHELSEA...WESTBORO...WOOD LAKE AND CAMP FOREST SPRING.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4533 9005 4520 9052 4525 9038 4538 9030
      4538 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 245DEG 55KT 4539 9023 4528 9030 4523 9042

DAS

Special weather statement, Oct 17, 6:43 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
643 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

WIZ017-180015-
TAYLOR-
643 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT TAYLOR COUNTY...

AT 640 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF
STANLEY...OR 30 MILES SOUTH OF LADYSMITH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GILMAN...LUBLIN...PERKINSTOWN...KATHRYN LAKE...
THE MONDEAUX FLOWAGE...THE MILLER DAM FLOWAGE...WOOD LAKE...
POLLEY AND CAMP FOREST SPRING...CHELSEA...WESTBORO...AND RIB LAKE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL COULD ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4517 9004 4503 9075 4503 9092 4516 9093
      4538 9038 4538 9004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 245DEG 44KT 4508 9093

DAS

Special weather statement, Oct 17, 7:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
708 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

WIZ017-180030-
TAYLOR-
708 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL TAYLOR COUNTY...

AT 706 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTH OF
THORP...OR 21 MILES WEST OF MEDFORD...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEDFORD...RIB LAKE...CHELSEA...WESTBORO...GILMAN...PERKINSTOWN...
KATHRYN LAKE...THE MONDEAUX FLOWAGE...HANNIBAL...ESADORE LAKE...
NORTH TWIN LAKE...THE MILLER DAM FLOWAGE...POLLEY...
CAMP FOREST SPRING AND GAD.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4512 9012 4512 9020 4511 9029 4508 9091
      4523 9091 4538 9020 4538 9017
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 262DEG 44KT 4515 9078

DAS

The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 17, 11:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Taylor	53 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.