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Freeze Warning 7, NWS La Crosse, WI

October 14, 20246 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this freeze warning at Oct 14, 2024, 5:47 PM CDT for 6 counties in Iowa; 5 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 15, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 14, 2024, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 15, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 15, 2024, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
8 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, Wabasha County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Oct 14, 2:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 2:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 14, 3:22 AM CDTFrost AdvisoryARXBuffalo, Crawford, Grant, La Crosse, Richland, Trempealeau and 1 more30 hr
Oct 14, 2:20 PM CDTFreeze WarningARXBuffalo, Crawford, Grant, La Crosse, Richland, Trempealeau and 1 more43 hr
Oct 14, 3:22 AM CDTFreeze WatchARXAllamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more11 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Iowa, 2024Freeze Warnings in Minnesota, 2024Every freeze warning 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.