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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 30, 2017Mower County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Jun 30, 2017, 6:01 PM CDT for Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 29 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 30, 2017, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI

County Mower County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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.

Skew-T log-p

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 30, 2:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 2:11 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 4:24 AM CDT, 13 hours 37 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
424 AM CDT Fri Jun 30 2017

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-
032>034-041>044-053>055-061-011200-
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-
424 AM CDT Fri Jun 30 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast
Minnesota...northeast Iowa and southwest into central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Scattered thunderstorms are possible today into this evening. Some
storms could produce small hail and gusty winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

There are chances for thunderstorms over northeast Iowa and far
southwest Wisconsin Sunday afternoon and evening. A couple of
storms could become strong.

There are additional chances for thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon
through Thursday. It is too early to discern if there would be a
severe weather threat.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

No action needed.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

No webinar is scheduled.

Wetenkamp

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:01 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 11:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Crawford, Grant, Richland	59 min
Jun 29, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Mitchell	62 min
Jun 29, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Mitchell	33 min
Jun 29, 10:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Chickasaw, Howard, Winneshiek	65 min
Jun 30, 6:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Wabasha	33 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2017 Every 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.