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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 3, 2023Clark County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2023, 6:01 PM CDT for Clark County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 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 3, 2023, 6:01 PM CDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2023, 6:30 PM CDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 40

County Clark County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 193 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: 1180 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 855 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 4.8

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 3, 2:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:28 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 10:12 AM CDT, 7 hours 49 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
1012 AM CDT Thu Aug 3 2023

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-
032>034-041>044-053>055-061-041100-
Mitchell-Howard-Winneshiek-Allamakee-Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette-
Clayton-Wabasha-Dodge-Olmsted-Winona-Mower-Fillmore-Houston-
Taylor-Clark-Buffalo-Trempealeau-Jackson-La Crosse-Monroe-Juneau-
Adams-Vernon-Crawford-Richland-Grant-
1012 AM CDT Thu Aug 3 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northeast Iowa,
southeast Minnesota, and from southwest into central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Isolated non-severe storms are possible from late afternoon into
early evening, mostly across Wisconsin.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Scattered storms are possible Saturday and Sunday. There is a
conditional risk for a few stronger storms.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

No action needed.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

No webinar is scheduled.

Boyne

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 6:01 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
601 PM CDT Thu Aug 3 2023

WIZ029-032330-
Clark WI-
601 PM CDT Thu Aug 3 2023

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Clark
County through 630 PM CDT...

At 600 PM CDT, trained weather spotters reported a strong
thunderstorm near Greenwood, or 10 miles north of Neillsville, moving
southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Loyal around 610 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by this storm include Chili, Hog Corners,
Highway 73 And 98, Chili Corners, Christie, Veefkind, Lynn, Sidney,
County Roads H And K and Highway 95 And 73.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4443 9057 4466 9077 4485 9062 4470 9031
      4461 9032
TIME...MOT...LOC 2300Z 313DEG 17KT 4471 9060

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Skow

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 9:32 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Crawford, Grant, Richland, Vernon	11 hr

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.