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Wind Advisory 5, NWS La Crosse, WI

November 16, 20214 counties in Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Nov 16, 2021, 3:19 AM CST for 4 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 16, 2021, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2021, 3:19 AM CST (09:19 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 16, 2021, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 16, 2021, 3:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI

Counties Dodge County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 00:00Z on 2021-11-16Temperature 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2021-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 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
1124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

094 
WWUS73 KARX 160919
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
319 AM CST Tue Nov 16 2021

MNZ079-086-087-094-161730-
/O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0005.211116T1500Z-211116T2100Z/
Wabasha-Dodge-Olmsted-Mower-
Including the cities of Wabasha, Dodge Center, Rochester, 
and Austin
319 AM CST Tue Nov 16 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Wabasha, Dodge, Olmsted and Mower Counties.

* WHEN...From 9 AM this morning to 3 PM CST this afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$

Zapotocny
2 follow-up statements
132 
WWUS73 KARX 161657
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
Issued by National Weather Service Des Moines IA
1057 AM CST Tue Nov 16 2021

MNZ079-086-087-094-162100-
/O.CON.KARX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-211116T2100Z/
Wabasha-Dodge-Olmsted-Mower-
Including the cities of Wabasha, Dodge Center, Rochester, 
and Austin
1057 AM CST Tue Nov 16 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Southeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Wabasha, Dodge, Olmsted and Mower Counties.

* WHEN..Until 3 PM CST this afternoon.

* 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.

&&

$$
560 
WWUS73 KARX 162056
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
Issued by National Weather Service Des Moines IA
256 PM CST Tue Nov 16 2021

MNZ079-086-087-094-162200-
/O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-211116T2100Z/
Wabasha-Dodge-Olmsted-Mower-
Including the cities of Wabasha, Dodge Center, Rochester, 
and Austin
256 PM CST Tue Nov 16 2021

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

Wind gusts of up to 35 mph are still at times through the
remainder of the afternoon, however winds have begun to steadily 
diminish and thus the advisory has been allowed to expire.

$$

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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.