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Wind Advisory 3, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Apr 1, 2016, 2:48 PM CDT for 8 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa; 6 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 2, 2016, 5:46 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2016, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2016, 5:46 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2016, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
All 22 counties
Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Vernon County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
258 WWUS73 KARX 011948 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 248 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS SATURDAY... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...BECOMING STRONG AND GUSTY BEFORE DAY BREAK. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45...WILL PERSIST INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...AND ALSO ALONG AREA RIDGE-TOPS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL FIND TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. UNSECURED...LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053>055- 061-020400- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0003.160402T1200Z-160402T2100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE- MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 248 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CDT SATURDAY. * WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...STAYING STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH...GUSTS TO 45. * LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL FIND TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ RIECK
6 follow-up statements
515 WWUS73 KARX 020222 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 922 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS SATURDAY... .SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL OCCUR FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 SATURDAY. THE WINDS WILL PICK UP AROUND DAYBREAK AND THEN REMAIN STRONG INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA AND ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL FIND TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. UNSECURED...LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053>055- 061-021030- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.160402T1200Z-160402T2100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE- MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 922 PM CDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM CDT SATURDAY... * WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND DAYBREAK SATURDAY AND THEN STAY STRONG AND GUSTY INTO THE AFTERNOON. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL FIND TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ 04
920 WWUS73 KARX 020823 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 323 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TODAY... .SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL OCCUR FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 TODAY. THE WINDS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE AROUND DAYBREAK...AND THEN REMAIN STRONG INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE OPEN AND UNSHELTERED AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...AND ON THE RIDGE TOPS AND OPEN AREAS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL FIND TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. UNSECURED...LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053>055- 061-021630- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.160402T1200Z-160402T2100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE- MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 323 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS WILL INCREASE AROUND DAYBREAK AND THEN STAY STRONG AND GUSTY INTO THE AFTERNOON. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL FIND TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BOYNE
343 WWUS73 KARX 021046 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 546 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TODAY... .NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND THE BLUFF TOPS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL FIND TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. UNSECURED...LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053>055- 061-021900- /O.EXT.KARX.WI.Y.0003.160402T1046Z-160402T2100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE- MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 546 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WINDS INCREASING THIS MORNING. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL FIND TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ WETENKAMP
549 WWUS73 KARX 021220 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 720 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TODAY... .SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 55 MPH WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. DURING THE PAST HOUR...ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT GUSTED TO 55 MPH AND CHARLES CITY AIRPORT GUSTED TO 51 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OPEN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA...AND ON THE BLUFF TOPS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL FIND TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. UNSECURED...LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053>055- 061-022030- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160402T2100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE- MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...CHARLES CITY... OELWEIN...ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...LA CROSSE... SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN... RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 720 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. WINDS WILL GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 55 MPH. * LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL FIND TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ BOYNE
535 WWUS73 KARX 021543 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1043 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TODAY... .EXPECT SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WINDS HAD GUSTED UP TO 55 MPH EARLIER THIS MORNING AT ROCHESTER MN AND OELWEIN IOWA RIGHT BEHIND A COLD FRONT. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL FIND TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. UNSECURED...LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053>055- 061-022100- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160402T2100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE- MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSAGE...CRESCO...DECORAH...WAUKON... CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ELKADER...DODGE CENTER... ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRESTON...CALEDONIA...LA CROSSE... SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON...FRIENDSHIP...VIROQUA... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 1043 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. WINDS WILL GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. * LIGHT WEIGHT AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL FIND TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. LOOSE OBJECTS COULD BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH OR HIGHER... OR GUSTS OVER 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ AJ
662 WWUS73 KARX 022051 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 351 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WINDS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION... .THE STORM SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT THE STRONG WINDS TO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY REGION HAS MOVED INTO LOWER MICHIGAN. HIGH PRESSURE IS BEGINNING TO BUILD IN...ALLOWING WINDS TO DECREASE. LOOK FOR GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086>088-094>096-WIZ041>044-053>055- 061-022200- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160402T2100Z/ MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-LA CROSSE- MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSAGE...CRESCO...DECORAH...WAUKON... CHARLES CITY...NEW HAMPTON...OELWEIN...ELKADER...DODGE CENTER... ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN...PRESTON...CALEDONIA...LA CROSSE... SPARTA...TOMAH...MAUSTON...FRIENDSHIP...VIROQUA... PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE 351 PM CDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE ENDED...PLAN ON NORTHWEST WINDS TO STILL GUST 30 TO 40 MPH FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL RAPIDLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. $$ AJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2:36 PM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Taylor | 19 hr |
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.