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Wind Advisory 4, NWS La Crosse, WI

April 12, 20226 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Apr 12, 2022, 1:32 PM CDT for 6 counties in Iowa; 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2022, 1:32 PM CDT (18:32 UTC)
Expired: Apr 12, 2022, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 2 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 18:35 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 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 298 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 309 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

021 
WWUS73 KARX 121832
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
132 PM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-122100-
/O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0004.220412T1832Z-220412T2100Z/
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
132 PM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Southeast 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 4 PM CDT 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.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

362 
WWUS73 KARX 122059
NPWARX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
359 PM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022

IAZ008>010-018-019-029-MNZ086-087-094-095-122200-
/O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-220412T2100Z/
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
359 PM CDT Tue Apr 12 2022

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

The wind across the region will remain gusty for the remainder of
the afternoon into the early evening, but gusts of 45 mph or
higher are not expected to occur for extended periods.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 1:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Mower	25 min
Apr 12, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ARX	Olmsted	41 min
Apr 12, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona	39 min
Apr 12, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fillmore, Olmsted, Winona	26 min
Apr 12, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Winona	51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.