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Flood Watch 4, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 24, 20247 counties in Wisconsin; 7 counties in Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this flood watch at Jun 24, 2024, 12:23 PM CDT for 7 counties in Wisconsin; 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 24, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2024, 12:23 PM CDT (17:23 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 24, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 25, 2024, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Flood severity
None

Counties Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Buffalo County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 2024-06-24Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2024-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
305 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jun 24, 6:10 AM CDT, 6 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 6:10 AM CDT, 6 hours 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 7:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXJuneau5 days
Jun 24, 10:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXLa Crosse, Trempealeau59 hr
Jun 24, 12:59 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningARXPepin21 days
Jun 24, 5:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXRichland, Vernon63 min
Jun 24, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland, Vernon46 min
Jun 24, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXRichland32 min
Jun 24, 4:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXDodge, Olmsted, Winona56 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in Wisconsin, 2024Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2024Every flood watch in 2024

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.