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Extreme Cold Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI

January 19, 202513 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 19, 2025, 1:55 PM CST for 13 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jan 20, 2025, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 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: Jan 19, 2025, 1:55 PM CST (19:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 20, 2025, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 21, 2025, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS La Crosse, WI

All 28 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, Adams County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Clark County, WI, Crawford County, WI, Grant County, WI, Jackson County, WI, Juneau County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Monroe County, WI, Richland County, WI, Taylor County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Vernon County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 19, 4:06 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	ARX	Crawford, Grant	31 hr

Nearby

Extreme Cold Warnings in Wisconsin, 2025 Extreme Cold Warnings in Iowa, 2025 Extreme Cold Warnings in Minnesota, 2025 Every extreme cold warning in 2025

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.