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Ice Storm Warning 1, NWS La Crosse, WI

March 29, 2025Taylor County, Wisconsin

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this ice storm warning at Mar 29, 2025, 2:43 AM CDT for Taylor County, Wisconsin. It took effect at Mar 29, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 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
Mar 29, 2025, 2:43 AM CDT (07:43 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 29, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 30, 2025, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI

County Taylor County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 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

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 00:00Z on 2025-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2025-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 716 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
716 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1084 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
15.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this ice 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 ice storm warning went out at Mar 29, 12:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 12:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 2:08 PM CDT, 12 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service La Crosse WI
208 PM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025

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041>044-053>055-061-291100-
Mitchell-Howard-Winneshiek-Allamakee-Floyd-Chickasaw-Fayette-
Clayton-Wabasha-Dodge-Olmsted-Winona-Mower-Fillmore-Houston-
Buffalo-Trempealeau-Jackson-La Crosse-Monroe-Juneau-Adams-Vernon-
Crawford-Richland-Grant-
208 PM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Scattered storms may develop along a cold front from southeast
Minnesota into west central Wisconsin this evening. A few could
become strong with hail being the primary hazard.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

There will be a chance of thunderstorms on Saturday. The primary
threat is lightning.

This weekend, widespread rain will transition to snow/wintry mix
with some light snow accumulations possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

No action needed.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

No webinar is scheduled.

WIZ017-029-291100-
Taylor-Clark-
208 PM CDT Fri Mar 28 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central
Wisconsin and north central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Scattered storms may develop along a cold front this afternoon and
evening. A few could become strong with hail being the primary
hazard.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

This weekend, widespread rain will transition to snow/wintry mix
with ice and snow accumulations possible. A winter storm watch is
in effect. Please check out the winter storm watch for details.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

No action needed.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

No webinar is scheduled.

Boyne

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo21 min
Mar 28, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo44 min
Mar 28, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXClark46 min
Mar 28, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXBuffalo, Jackson, Trempealeau49 min
Mar 28, 8:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXClark15 min
Mar 29, 2:43 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryARXAdams, Clark, Jackson, Juneau, Monroe40 hr
Mar 29, 10:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchARXJackson24 hr

Nearby

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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.