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Winter Weather Advisory 9, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter weather advisory at Mar 15, 2016, 2:52 PM CDT for Clark County, Taylor County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 16, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2016, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2016, 1:46 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Clark County, WI, Taylor County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 winter weather advisory went out at Mar 15, 12:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 12:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 2:46 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 246 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 IAZ011-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032>034-041>044-053>055-161200- ALLAMAKEE-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND- 246 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...AND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. WIND ADVISORY LATER TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVERNIGHT...20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WIND ADVISORY WEDNESDAY. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIND AND RAIN REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. IAZ008>010-018-019-029-030-WIZ061-161200- MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-GRANT- 246 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH UP TO 1/2 INCH HAIL POSSIBLE. A HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BEGIN LATER TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE OVERNIGHT...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HIGH WIND WARNING WEDNESDAY. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS PEAKING NEAR 55 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WIND AND RAIN REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. WIZ017-029-161200- TAYLOR-CLARK- 246 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDER IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. LIGHTNING IS THE MAIN THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... RAIN AND SNOW AMOUNTS ARE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. RIECK/BAUMGARDT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 15, 9:21 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 921 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032-033-151700- MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE-WABASHA-DODGE- OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...CHARLES CITY...OELWEIN... ROCHESTER...WINONA...AUSTIN 921 AM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MORNING... SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ROLL NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING HOURS. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND PEA SIZED HAIL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 1/4 INCH...LOCALLY 1/2...IS EXPECTED THROUGH NOON.
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:32 AM CDT | High Wind Watch | ARX | Crawford, Grant, La Crosse, Richland, Vernon | 11 hr |
| Mar 15, 7:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Buffalo, La Crosse, Trempealeau | 60 min |
| Mar 15, 10:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Jackson | 4 days |
| Mar 15, 10:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 5 days |
| Mar 15, 2:58 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | ARX | Adams, Crawford, Grant, Juneau, La Crosse, Monroe and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:58 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Adams, Buffalo, Crawford, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 15, 5:15 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 28 hr |
| Mar 15, 6:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Howard, Mitchell | 22 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.