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Wind Advisory 2, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this wind advisory at Mar 3, 2024, 8:15 AM CST for 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota; Crawford County, Grant County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 3, 2024, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2024, 8:15 AM CST (14:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2024, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2024, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
Counties Allamakee County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clayton County, IA, Fayette County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Howard County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Dodge County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN, Mower County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Winona County, MN, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1125 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
818 WWUS73 KARX 031415 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service La Crosse WI 815 AM CST Sun Mar 3 2024 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061-040000- /O.NEW.KARX.WI.Y.0002.240303T1800Z-240304T0000Z/ Mitchell-Howard-Winneshiek-Allamakee-Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette- Clayton-Wabasha-Dodge-Olmsted-Winona-Mower-Fillmore-Houston- Crawford-Grant- Including the cities of Platteville, Oelwein, Cresco, Waukon, Wabasha, Austin, Decorah, New Hampton, Charles City, Dodge Center, Rochester, Caledonia, Elkader, Prairie Du Chien, Winona, Osage, and Preston 815 AM CST Sun Mar 3 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of north central and northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and southwest Wisconsin. * WHEN...From noon today to 6 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles on west to east roads. Use extra caution. && $$ JSB
1 follow-up statement
943 WWUS73 KARX 032353 NPWARX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service La Crosse WI 553 PM CST Sun Mar 3 2024 IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ054-061-040100- /O.EXP.KARX.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-240304T0000Z/ Mitchell-Howard-Winneshiek-Allamakee-Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette- Clayton-Wabasha-Dodge-Olmsted-Winona-Mower-Fillmore-Houston- Crawford-Grant- Including the cities of Osage, Wabasha, Dodge Center, Charles City, Rochester, Austin, Waukon, Elkader, Prairie Du Chien, Platteville, New Hampton, Caledonia, Winona, Oelwein, Preston, Cresco, and Decorah 553 PM CST Sun Mar 3 2024 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... Strong west to southwest winds will continue to gust 25 to 35 mph through early evening, but will continue to diminish into tonight which will minimize widespread wind impacts. As a result, the wind advisory will be allowed to expire. $$ EMS
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 8:39 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 9 hr |
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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.