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Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS La Crosse, WI
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.
- 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
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 National Weather Service La Crosse WI 421 AM CDT Tue Apr 2 2024 WIZ017-029-034-042>044-053-055-031330- 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. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032-033-041- 054-061-031330- Mitchell-Howard-Winneshiek-Allamakee-Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette- 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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Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:55 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Adams, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson, Juneau and 6 more | 32 hr |
| Apr 2, 2:36 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | ARX | Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson and 7 more | 30 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.