Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, April 11, 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
257 PM CDT WED APR 11 2001

MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS WITH THE RAIN/SEVERE POTENTIAL THIS EVENING
AND THEN WINDS LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

ANALYSIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON INDICATED THE DEEP SURFACE LOW WAS
OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS. OCCLUDED FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE LOW INTO
EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA AND THEN SOUTH AS A COLD FRONT
INTO WESTERN MISSOURI. WARM FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE OCCLUSION IN
WESTERN IOWA INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND STORMS
WERE NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT IN WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA WITH A LINE
OF SEVERE STORMS AHEAD OF THE OCCLUDED FRONT.

MODELS INITIALIZED THE SURFACE LOW TOO HIGH BUT SEEM TO HAVE A GOOD
HANDLE ON THE POSITION AND MOVEMENT. AS THE LOW BEGINS TO LIFT OUT
OF THE LOWER PLAINS IT SHOULD RAPIDLY PICK UP SPEED AND SHOULD MOVE
INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA OR NORTHERN WISCONSIN BY THURSDAY MORNING.
STILL SOME QUESTION IF ENTIRE AREA WILL GET INTO THE WARM SECTOR
THIS EVENING AS OCCLUDED FRONT WILL ADVANCE QUICKLY NORTHEAST AS
WELL AND SHOULD CLEAR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. AS
THE UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST...BEST PVA AND LIFT
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH THE OCCLUDED FRONT.
EXPECT THE LINE OF STORMS CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL IOWA TO MOVE ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD
RAIN. QPF AMOUNTS SHOULD BE LESS THAN THIS MORNING...BUT WITH
ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FEEL IT IS BEST TO LEAVE THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IN PLACE.

ONCE THE LINE OF STORMS MOVES PAST THIS EVENING STILL CAN NOT
COMPLETELY RULE OUT SOME MORE SHOWERS AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW AND
ASSOCIATED COLD POOL ALOFT MOVE OVERHEAD. THIS COULD BE ENOUGH TO
GENERATE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND WILL HAVE CHANCE POPS FOR THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS THE SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL LOWS MOVE TO THE
NORTH LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...TIGHT GRADIENT WILL SPREAD ACROSS
THE AREA AND STRONG SUBSIDENCE SHOULD DEVELOP. WINDS DO NOT LOOK TO
BE AS STRONG AS LAST WEEKEND BUT HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA SHOULD SEE WINDS IN THE ADVISORY RANGE
AND WILL ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
FOR THOSE AREAS.

WEAK RIDGING WILL BE OVER THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE NEXT
SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVES IN FROM THE WEST IN THE NEAR ZONAL FLOW
LATE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ETA AND
AVN IN THE TIMING OF THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH. FOR NOW WILL STAY WITH
THE SLIGHTLY SLOWER ETA SOLUTION AND LIMIT THE MENTION OF SHOWERS
TO FRIDAY NIGHT.

.LSE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT...IAZ008>011-018-019-029-
       030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-
       053>055-061
       WIND ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...MNZ079-086-087-
       094-095-IAZ008>010-018-019-029.

IRELAND

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-112315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
547 PM CDT WED APR 11 2001

...TORNADO WATCH STILL IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST IOWA...

TORNADO WATCH 136 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST IOWA...FLOYD...CLAYTON...ALLAMAKEE...
FAYETTE...HOWARD...CHICKASAW...MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. A STATEMENT
ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES ACCIDENTLY
INDICATED THESE COUNTIES HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE WATCH. ONCE
AGAIN...THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE
ABOVE COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST IOWA.

SI

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
600 PM CDT WED APR 11 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0524 PM    ST ANSGAR                 IA   .75 INCH HAIL
04/11/01   MITCHELL                       REPORTED BY COOP OBSERVER.
                                          WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

SHEA

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
613 PM CDT WED APR 11 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0550 PM    HAWKEYE                   IA   TORNADO
04/11/01   FAYETTE                        *** 1 INJ ***
                                          BARN DAMAGED.                 H

SHEA

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
621 PM CDT WED APR 11 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....    L

0602 PM    STEWARTVILLE              MN   60 MPH WIND GUST
04/11/01   OLMSTED                        MEASURED

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