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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI

August 5, 2024Olmsted County, Wabasha County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2024, 8:21 PM CDT for Olmsted County, Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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 5, 2024, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2024, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

Counties Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2024-08-06Temperature 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 2024-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -82 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
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

381 
WWUS83 KARX 060121
SPSARX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
821 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024
 
MNZ079-087-088-060145-
Wabasha MN-Olmsted MN-Winona MN-
821 PM CDT Mon Aug 5 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN WINONA...EASTERN
OLMSTED AND WABASHA COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM CDT...

At 821 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 10 miles north of Plainview to near
Stewartville. Movement was southeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Plainview, Eyota, and Elgin around 825 PM CDT.
  Chatfield and Dover around 835 PM CDT.
  St. Charles around 840 PM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these storms include Whitewater State
Park, Pioneer Campground, County Roads 9 And 10, Potsdam, West
Albany, County Roads 33 And 4, Rattlesnake Ridge, Bremen, Theilman,
and Beaver.

This includes Interstate 90 in Minnesota between mile markers 212 and
233.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until midnight CDT for southeastern
Minnesota.

&&

LAT...LON 4440 9228 4441 9210 4440 9205 4438 9203
      4436 9197 4433 9192 4431 9191 4429 9193
      4427 9190 4426 9189 4385 9211 4385 9222
      4391 9247
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 293DEG 34KT 4430 9224 4390 9242 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Skow

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo51 min
Aug 5, 11:02 PM CDTTornado WarningARXCrawford43 min
Aug 5, 11:15 PM CDTTornado WarningARXGrant, Richland45 min
Aug 5, 8:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXMitchell49 min
Aug 5, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXChickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell48 min
Aug 5, 9:07 PM CDTTornado WarningARXHoward23 min
Aug 5, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningARXHoward, Winneshiek44 min
Aug 5, 10:13 PM CDTTornado WarningARXAllamakee, Winneshiek47 min
Aug 5, 10:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedARXAllamakee27 min
Aug 5, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXDodge, Mower, Olmsted44 min
Aug 5, 7:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXOlmsted, Wabasha36 min
Aug 5, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningARXMower10 min
Aug 5, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningARXFillmore, Mower29 min
Aug 5, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXFillmore, Houston51 min
Aug 5, 9:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXHouston51 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.