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Wind Advisory 4, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Apr 29, 2020, 8:31 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota; 6 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2020, 8:31 AM CDT (13:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Chickasaw County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:32 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 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 527 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
284 WWUS73 KARX 291331 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service La Crosse WI 831 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2020 IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-292145- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0004.200429T1331Z-200430T0000Z/ Mitchell-Howard-Winneshiek-Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette-Dodge-Olmsted- Mower-Fillmore- Including the cities of Osage, Cresco, Decorah, Charles City, New Hampton, Oelwein, Dodge Center, Rochester, Austin, and Preston 831 AM CDT Wed Apr 29 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * WHERE...In Iowa, Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek, Floyd, Chickasaw and Fayette Counties. In Minnesota, Dodge, Olmsted, Mower and Fillmore 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. && $$ Boyne
3 follow-up statements
346 WWUS73 KARX 291705 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service La Crosse WI 1205 PM CDT Wed Apr 29 2020 IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-300000- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-200430T0000Z/ Mitchell-Howard-Winneshiek-Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette-Dodge-Olmsted- Mower-Fillmore- Including the cities of Osage, Cresco, Decorah, Charles City, New Hampton, Oelwein, Dodge Center, Rochester, Austin, and Preston 1205 PM CDT Wed Apr 29 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...North winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. During the past hour, the wind gusted up to 46 mph at Charles City Iowa. * WHERE...In Iowa, Chickasaw, Floyd, Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek and Fayette Counties. In Minnesota, Dodge, Olmsted, Mower and Fillmore Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$ Boyne
923 WWUS73 KARX 291936 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service La Crosse WI 236 PM CDT Wed Apr 29 2020 IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-300000- /O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-200430T0000Z/ Mitchell-Howard-Winneshiek-Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette-Dodge-Olmsted- Mower-Fillmore- Including the cities of Osage, Cresco, Decorah, Charles City, New Hampton, Oelwein, Dodge Center, Rochester, Austin, and Preston 236 PM CDT Wed Apr 29 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...North winds 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. During the past hour, the wind gusted up to 43 mph at Rochester International Airport and just east of Kasson Minnesota. * WHERE...In Iowa, Chickasaw, Floyd, Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek and Fayette Counties. In Minnesota, Dodge, Olmsted, Mower and Fillmore 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. && $$ Boyne
311 WWUS73 KARX 292355 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service La Crosse WI 655 PM CDT Wed Apr 29 2020 IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-300100- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-200430T0000Z/ Mitchell-Howard-Winneshiek-Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette-Dodge-Olmsted- Mower-Fillmore- Including the cities of Osage, Cresco, Decorah, Charles City, New Hampton, Oelwein, Dodge Center, Rochester, Austin, and Preston 655 PM CDT Wed Apr 29 2020 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... Winds have been slowly decreasing and this trend will continue through the rest of the evening. As a result, the wind advisory will be allowed to expire. $$ 04
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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.