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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS La Crosse, WI

April 2, 20245 counties in Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter storm warning at Apr 2, 2024, 11:38 AM CDT for 5 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Apr 2, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 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
Apr 2, 2024, 11:38 AM CDT (16:38 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 2, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 3, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI

Counties Adams County, WI, Juneau County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2024-04-02Temperature 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2024-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Apr 2, 6:11 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 6:11 AM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 4:21 AM CDT, 7 hours 17 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
421 AM CDT Tue Apr 2 2024

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Taylor-Clark-Jackson-Monroe-Juneau-Adams-Vernon-Richland-
421 AM CDT Tue Apr 2 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest
through central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Snowfall accumulations of 2 to 6 inches expected in central
Wisconsin this afternoon into Wednesday morning. Narrow bands of
higher snowfall amounts are possible.

Increased wind gusts of 35 to 45 mph tonight may result in patchy
blowing snow and difficult travel.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Ongoing snowfall will impact the Wednesday morning commute. Wind
gusts of 35 to 45 mph are expected Wednesday into Wednesday night.

Periods of light snow possible into Thursday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Snowfall reports appreciated.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

No webinar is scheduled.

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054-061-031330-
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Clayton-Wabasha-Dodge-Olmsted-Winona-Mower-Fillmore-Houston-
Buffalo-Trempealeau-La Crosse-Crawford-Grant-
421 AM CDT Tue Apr 2 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central
Iowa...northeast Iowa...southeast Minnesota...southwest Wisconsin
and west central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Light snow tonight into Wednesday morning will provide 1 to 3
inches of accumulation.

Strong wind gusts of 35 to 45 mph tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Strong wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph expected Wednesday into
Wednesday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Snowfall reports appreciated.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

No webinar is scheduled.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 2, 11:14 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 2, 11:19 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 3:55 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryARXAdams, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson, Juneau and 6 more32 hr
Apr 2, 2:36 PM CDTWind AdvisoryARXAdams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson and 7 more30 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.