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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS La Crosse, WI

March 3, 201812 counties in Wisconsin; Allamakee County, Howard County, Winneshiek County, Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter storm watch at Mar 3, 2018, 2:18 PM CST for 12 counties in Wisconsin; Allamakee County, Howard County, Winneshiek County, Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 5, 2018, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2018, 2:18 PM CST (20:18 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 5, 2018, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 4, 2018, 3:15 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI

All 22 counties

Allamakee County, IA, Howard County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 storm watch went out at Mar 2, 5:32 PM CST, 20 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 5:32 PM CST, 20 hours 46 minutes before

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Winter Storm Watches in Wisconsin, 2018 Winter Storm Watches in Minnesota, 2018 Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2018 Every winter storm watch in 2018

Sources

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.