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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI

July 6, 2021Winona County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2021, 5:13 PM CDT for Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2021, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2021, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI

County Winona County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 6, 5:14 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGWinona, MNLARGE TREE UPROOTED AND FELL ONTO HOUSE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2021-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 214 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2021-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

338 
WWUS83 KARX 062213
SPSARX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
513 PM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021

MNZ088-WIZ032-033-041-062245-
Winona-Buffalo-Trempealeau-La Crosse-
513 PM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN WINONA...
SOUTHEASTERN BUFFALO...NORTHWESTERN LA CROSSE AND SOUTHERN
TREMPEALEAU COUNTIES...

At 513 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Winona, moving
east at 40 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Winona, Holmen, Goodview, Trempealeau, Galesville, Fountain City,
Brice Prairie, Dodge, Wilson, Ettrick, Lock And Dam 5 A, Camp
Decorah, Perrot State Park, Stevenstown, Council Bay, Marshland,
Ridgeway, Pickwick, Witoka and New Amsterdam.

This includes Interstate 90 in Minnesota between mile markers 252 and
268.
 
LAT...LON 4387 9168 4407 9177 4425 9126 4399 9114
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 251DEG 36KT 4402 9163 

$$

Skow

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXBuffalo53 min
Jul 6, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo21 min
Jul 6, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXClark52 min
Jul 6, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXLa Crosse, Trempealeau42 min
Jul 6, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningARXJackson, La Crosse, Monroe17 min
Jul 6, 5:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXWood29 min
Jul 6, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXLa Crosse32 min
Jul 6, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXBuffalo25 min
Jul 6, 6:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXBuffalo35 min
Jul 5, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXFayette36 min
Jul 5, 8:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXFayette30 min
Jul 6, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXWinona30 min
Jul 6, 4:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXWabasha24 min
Jul 6, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXWabasha27 min
Jul 6, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXWabasha25 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.