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Winter Weather Advisory 21, NWS La Crosse, WI

December 27, 202513 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this winter weather advisory at Dec 27, 2025, 3:38 AM CST for 13 counties in Wisconsin; 8 counties in Iowa; 7 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 28, 2025, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2025, 3:38 AM CST (09:38 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2025, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 29, 2025, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 24 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 09:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather advisory 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 weather advisory went out at Dec 26, 11:47 PM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 11:47 PM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 1:50 PM CST, 13 hours 48 minutes before

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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
Dec 27, 3:38 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse and 3 more	11 hr
Dec 27, 2:17 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Jackson, Juneau and 5 more	40 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Wisconsin, 2025 Winter Weather Advisories in Iowa, 2025 Winter Weather Advisories in Minnesota, 2025 Every winter weather advisory 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.