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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI
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.
- 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
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
$$
SkowThe office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 11:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Crawford | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 11:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Grant, Richland | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 49 min |
| Aug 5, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Howard | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Howard, Winneshiek | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Winneshiek | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 10:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Olmsted, Wabasha | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mower | 10 min |
| Aug 5, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Houston | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 9:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Houston | 51 min |
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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.