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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2018, 3:40 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 110 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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- Issued
- Jul 13, 2018, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2018, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 110 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Chickasaw County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Howard County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA
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NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 13, 2:50 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 2:50 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service La Crosse WI 250 PM CDT Fri Jul 13 2018 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Saturday) Issued at 249 PM CDT Fri Jul 13 2018 At 2 PM, watching a thunderstorm bow (associated with a mesoscale convective vortex moving out of northwest Iowa) over north- central Iowa. While there has been several Severe Thunderstorm Warnings issued with bow, there has not been any reports of severe weather at this time. This bow is expected to continue to move northeast through our area this afternoon and early evening. ML CAPES are currently in the 1 to 2K J/kg along and south of Interstate 90 and they are expected to climb into the 1500 to 3000 J/kg range later on this afternoon. The effective shear is favorable for marginal supercells to develop along Interstate 90 through mid afternoon and then it moves off to the east. Meanwhile, the 0-3 km shear will remain in the 25 to 30 knot range along and south of Interstate 90. Due to this, storms should be mainly linear in nature. Bowing segments will be of greatest concern along the line for damaging winds. In addition, there could be some large hail with the initial development. The 0-1 km shear looks a little weak for tornadoes. However, it is a bit concerning seeing an easterly flow near the Interstate 90 corridor. Fortunately, the wind speeds are not that strong. Just something to watch this afternoon. Speaking of watches, SPC is currently monitoring the area for a watch. It continues to look like the severe weather threat will quickly wane by 14.01z. With precipitable water values running into the 2 to 2.3 inches and warm cloud layer depths around 4 km through this evening, any showers and storms will be highly efficient rain producers. As a result, we will have to watch for the potential of localized flooding with any training cells this afternoon and early evening. .LONG TERM...(Saturday night through Friday) Issued at 249 PM CDT Fri Jul 13 2018 On Sunday night and Monday, a longwave trough will move southeast through area. The greatest lift associated with this wave will be remain across Ontario, northern Minnesota, and Upper Michigan. The associated cold front with this system will move the area on Sunday night. With ML CAPES running in the 1 to 2K J/kg range and weak 0-3 km and 0-6km shear, the severe chances look to be marginal. From Wednesday afternoon into Friday, another longwave trough will move slowly east through the region. This will bring another round of showers and storms to the area. With ML CAPES running up to 1K J/kg range and weak 0-3 km and 0-6km shear, not anticipating any severe weather with this system. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Saturday afternoon) Issued at 1235 PM CDT Fri Jul 13 2018 A line of storms is expected to initially develop across northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and north of Interstate 90 in western Wisconsin somewhere 13.18z and 13.20z and then move southeast through the region. At this time the best chance of thunderstorms for KRST will be from 13.19z through 13.22z and at KLSE from 13.20z through 14.01z. There is some hints in the models that the ceilings may become MVFR toward sunrise at the TAF sites. Confidence was not high enough to include them at KRST, but did include it for KLSE. && .ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...None. MN...None. IA...None. && SHORT TERM...Boyne LONG TERM...Boyne AVIATION...Boyne
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 11:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service La Crosse WI 1125 AM CDT Fri Jul 13 2018 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029- 032>034-041>044-053>055-061-141200- 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- 1125 AM CDT Fri Jul 13 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southeast Minnesota...northeast Iowa and southwest into central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Thunderstorms are possible this afternoon into early this evening. Some of the storms may become severe with damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall, mainly along and south of Interstate 90. The main timeframe for severe storms will be between 1 PM and 8 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Periods of thunderstorms are possible this weekend. Severe weather is not expected at this time. Additional thunderstorms are possible Wednesday into Thursday. It is too early to determine the severe threat for any thunderstorms later next week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Localized spotter activation may be needed between 1 PM and 8 PM over portions of northeast Iowa and southwest Wisconsin. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... No webinar is scheduled. Wetenkamp
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Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 12, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 91 min |
| Jul 12, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, Trempealeau | 52 min |
| Jul 12, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Jackson, La Crosse, Monroe, Trempealeau | 43 min |
| Jul 12, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clark, Taylor | 36 min |
| Jul 12, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 41 min |
| Jul 12, 10:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | La Crosse | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 3:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 66 min |
| Jul 13, 8:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | La Crosse, Vernon | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Juneau | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Vernon | 112 min |
| Jul 13, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Crawford, Grant, Richland | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | La Crosse | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 6:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ARX | Grant | 119 min |
| Jul 13, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Grant | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Winneshiek | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 2:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clayton | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona | 86 min |
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.