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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 7, 2021Wabasha County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 12:12 PM CDT for Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 18 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2021, 12:12 PM CDT (17:12 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
30

County Wabasha County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 330 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

539 
WWUS83 KARX 071712
SPSARX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
1212 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
MNZ079-071730-
Wabasha MN-
1212 PM CDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Wabasha
County through 1230 PM CDT...

At 1211 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles north of Elgin, or 15 miles southwest of Wabasha, moving
northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
West Albany, Bremen, Zumbro Falls, Millville, Hammond, Jarrett,
Zumbro Bottoms Campground, Conception, County Roads 18 And 4, County
Roads 33 And 4, Dumfries, Theilman, Kruger Campground and County
Roads 31 And 2.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4431 9244 4442 9212 4441 9211 4423 9201
      4420 9239
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 245DEG 29KT 4426 9232 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

$$

Skow

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 6:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXBuffalo34 min
Aug 7, 7:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXLa Crosse35 min
Aug 7, 9:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXJuneau28 min
Aug 7, 10:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXAdams33 min
Aug 7, 11:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXCrawford28 min
Aug 7, 11:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXLa Crosse, Vernon27 min
Aug 7, 11:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford, Richland, Vernon21 min
Aug 7, 12:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXRichland26 min
Aug 7, 12:59 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryARXBuffalo2 hr
Aug 7, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland, Vernon58 min
Aug 7, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXLa Crosse27 min
Aug 7, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXLa Crosse31 min
Aug 7, 2:23 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryARXLa Crosse, Trempealeau112 min
Aug 7, 3:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXMonroe, Vernon21 days
Aug 7, 3:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXVernon4 days
Aug 7, 3:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXRichland, Vernon4 days
Aug 7, 3:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXRichland, Vernon61 hr
Aug 7, 3:02 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXBuffalo, Trempealeau19 hr
Aug 7, 3:07 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryARXLa Crosse74 min
Aug 7, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXVernon73 min
Aug 7, 3:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXLa Crosse, Monroe3 hr
Aug 7, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXVernon55 min
Aug 7, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXCrawford38 min
Aug 7, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningARXCrawford30 min
Aug 7, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland40 min
Aug 7, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningARXCrawford, Grant41 min
Aug 7, 4:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXVernon3 hr
Aug 7, 4:56 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedARXGrant19 min
Aug 7, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXJuneau, Monroe, Vernon37 min
Aug 7, 6:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchARXAdams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Jackson, Juneau and 5 more35 hr
Aug 7, 7:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXWinona24 min
Aug 7, 10:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXOlmsted31 min
Aug 7, 10:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXDodge, Olmsted, Wabasha42 min
Aug 7, 11:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXWabasha31 min
Aug 7, 12:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXOlmsted37 min

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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.