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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2017, 1:28 AM CDT for Chickasaw County, Howard County, Mitchell County, Iowa; Mower County, Olmsted County, Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 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
- Jun 14, 2017, 1:28 AM CDT (06:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2017, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Chickasaw County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 2418 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 13, 11:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 11:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 11:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 65 min |
| Jun 14, 11:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Richland, Vernon | 77 min |
| Jun 14, 12:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Juneau, Monroe, Richland, Vernon | 52 min |
| Jun 14, 12:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Monroe, Richland | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 1:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Monroe, Richland, Vernon | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Juneau | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Adams | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Adams | 26 min |
| Jun 14, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Grant | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 36 min |
| Jun 13, 11:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 79 min |
Nearby
Special Weather Statements in Iowa, 2017Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017
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.