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Wind Advisory 3, NWS La Crosse, WI

April 9, 20204 counties in Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Apr 9, 2020, 2:46 AM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Apr 9, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2020, 2:46 AM CDT (07:46 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 9, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI

Counties Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2020-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2020-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -368 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-368 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

361 
WWUS73 KARX 090746
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
246 AM CDT Thu Apr 9 2020

IAZ018-019-029-030-091600-
/O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0003.200409T1500Z-200410T0000Z/
Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette-Clayton-
Including the cities of Charles City, New Hampton, Oelwein, 
and Elkader
246 AM CDT Thu Apr 9 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts around 40 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Floyd, Chickasaw, Fayette and Clayton Counties.

* WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

DAS
2 follow-up statements
061 
WWUS73 KARX 091617
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
1117 AM CDT Thu Apr 9 2020

IAZ018-019-029-030-100000-
/O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-200410T0000Z/
Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette-Clayton-
Including the cities of Charles City, New Hampton, Oelwein, 
and Elkader
1117 AM CDT Thu Apr 9 2020

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts around 40 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Floyd, Chickasaw, Fayette and Clayton Counties.

* WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. 
  Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may 
  result.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

04
922 
WWUS73 KARX 092338
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
638 PM CDT Thu Apr 9 2020

IAZ018-019-029-030-100045-
/O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-200410T0000Z/
Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette-Clayton-
Including the cities of Charles City, New Hampton, Oelwein, 
and Elkader
638 PM CDT Thu Apr 9 2020

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

Winds are on the decrease and will continue to drop off through 
the mid evening hours. Therefore the wind advisory will be allowed
to expire. 

$$

Rieck

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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.