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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 11, 1994Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1994, 8:45 PM CDT for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 21 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 11, 1994, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 1994, 9:06 PM CDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Whole counties

County Milwaukee County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1998 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 985 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.5
Supercell composite: 9.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KMKE 120145 RRA
SVRMKE
WIC079-120230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
845 PM CDT MON JUL 11 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...SOUTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN
 
 
...SEVERE STORMS TO AFFECT SOUTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY...
 
DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AT 845 PM SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS EXTENDING
FROM THE HALES CORNER AREA EAST INTO THE OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN
EAST OF MILWAUKEE. HALES CORNER IS 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE.
 
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WERE ALSO DEVELOPING
THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PART OF MILWAUKEE COUNTY.
 
TREE LIMBS OF 6 TO 8 INCH IN DIAMETER WERE BLOWN DOWN AT 43RD AND
OKLAHOMA AT 835 PM BASED ON HAM RADIO REPORTS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR
NO ADVANCE WARNING.  IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...MOVE TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER.  IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.
 
KAPELA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

WIZ051-058-120100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
612 PM CDT MON JUL 11 1994

...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING DODGE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES...

AT 610 PM CDT...A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED IN
COLUMBIA AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES FROM ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MADISON TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEAVER DAM TO MONTELLO IN MARQUETTE
COUNTY OR ABOUT 45 MILES NORTH OF MADISON.  THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT
35 MPH.

THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT DODGE AND FOND DU LAC COUNTIES BETWEEN
620 PM AND 730 PM.

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DOWNING TREES AND PRODUCING HAIL.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
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A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM.
JDH

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 7:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

WIZALL-120300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
740 PM CDT MON JUL 11 1994

...PARTS OF TORNADO WATCH 602 CANCELLED...

THE NORTHWEST PART OF TORNADO WATCH 602 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE COUNTIES NO LONGER IN EFFECT ARE...

WAUPACA

JACKSON         LA CROSSE       MONROE

ADAMS           JUNEAU          MARQUETTE
PORTAGE         WAUSHARA        WOOD

CRAWFORD

RICHLAND        VERNON

SAUK

THE REMAINDER OF THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

HENTZ

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 7:46 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

WIZALL-120300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
740 PM CDT MON JUL 11 1994

...PARTS OF TORNADO WATCH 602 CANCELLED...

THE NORTHWEST PART OF TORNADO WATCH 602 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE COUNTIES NO LONGER IN EFFECT ARE...

WAUPACA

JACKSON         LA CROSSE       MONROE

ADAMS           JUNEAU          MARQUETTE
PORTAGE         WAUSHARA        WOOD

CRAWFORD

RICHLAND        VERNON

SAUK

THE REMAINDER OF THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

HENTZ

Local storm report, Jul 11, 8:00 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
800 PM CDT MON JUL 11 1994

WW# 602                 ...ALL TIMES IN CDT...

515 PM          JUNEAU COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS POWER LINES AND NUMEROUS
                TREES DOWN...SCATTERED THROUGHOUT COUNTY

530 PM          RICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES
                DOWN IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF COUNTY

545 PM          ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                LINES DOWN IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP... AND SCATTERED
                THROUGHOUT COUNTY

550 PM          SAUK COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
                DOWN...SCATTERED THROUGHOUT COUNTY

                                                                             [
550 PM          COLUMBIA COUNTY REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
                DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY

615 PM          MARQUTTE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES
                DOWN IN EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY

700 PM          DANE COUNTY SPOTTERS REPORT TREES DOWN AND 1 INCH HAIL
                IN THE TOWNS OF DANE AND WINDSOR

MARIEN

Local storm report, Jul 11, 8:03 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
800 PM CDT MON JUL 11 1994

WW# 602                 ...ALL TIMES IN CDT...

515 PM          JUNEAU COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS POWER LINES AND NUMEROUS
                TREES DOWN...SCATTERED THROUGHOUT COUNTY

530 PM          RICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS TREES AND POWER LINES
                DOWN IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF COUNTY

545 PM          ADAMS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER
                LINES DOWN IN SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP... AND SCATTERED
                THROUGHOUT COUNTY

550 PM          SAUK COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
                DOWN...SCATTERED THROUGHOUT COUNTY

                                                                             [
550 PM          COLUMBIA COUNTY REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES
                DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY

615 PM          MARQUTTE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS TREES AND POWER LIBNES
                DOWN IN EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY

700 PM          DANE COUNTY SPOTTERS REPORT TREES DOWN AND 1 INCH HAIL
                IN THE TOWNS OF DANE AND WINDSOR

MARIEN

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 8:45 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

WIZ032>072-120300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
845 PM CDT MON JUL 11 1994

...MORE OF TORNADO WATCH 602 CANCELLED...

MOST OF TORNADO WATCH 602 HAVE HAS BEEN CANCELLED EXECPT FOR
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE ONLY COUNTIES STILL IN THE WATCH ARE...

JEFFERSON...WAUKESHA...MILWAUKEE
GREEN...ROCK...WALWORTH...RACINE...AND KENOSHA

HENTZ

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Waukesha	60 min
Jul 11, 8:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Waukesha	43 min

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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.