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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 28, 1995Iowa County, Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1995, 7:16 PM CDT for Iowa County, Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 28, 1995, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Whole counties

Counties Iowa County, WI, Sauk County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 526 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KMKE 290017 RRA
SVRMKE
WIC049-111-290115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
716 PM CDT MON AUG 28 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...SAUK COUNTY
   ...IOWA COUNTY
 
A LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WAS ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF SAUK AND IOWA
COUNTIES AS OF 715 PM. SOME TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN FROM THIS LINE
WHEN IT WAS IN RICHLAND COUNTY.

BY 745 PM THIS LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL HAVE REACHED A BARABOO TO
DODGEVILLE LINE. OTHER TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS WERE
LELAND... REEDSBURG... SPRING GREEN... AND MINERAL POINT.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

KAPELA/BROWNING
 

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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, Aug 28, 1:30 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before

WIZ057-063-058-068-062-064-072-067-046-066-060-071-069-056-052-
070-059-065-502-LMZ502-281915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
130 PM CDT MON AUG 28 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 963 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE REMAINDER
OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.  THE CLUSTER OF STORMS HEADED TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN EARLIER HAS WEAKENED...SO SEVERE WEATHER IS NO
LONGER A THREAT.

JOHNSTON

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 1:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before

WIZ057-063-058-068-062-064-072-067-046-066-060-071-069-056-052-
070-059-065-502-LMZ502-281915-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
130 PM CDT MON AUG 28 1995

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 963 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE REMAINDER
OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.  THE CLUSTER OF STORMS HEADED TOWARD SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN EARLIER HAS WEAKENED...SO SEVERE WEATHER IS NO
LONGER A THREAT.

JOHNSTON

Local storm report, Aug 28, 2:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
300 PM CDT MON AUG 28 1995

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

1000 AM-       CALEDONIA           WI        OVER 100 TREES
1020 AM        RACINE                        DOWN SOME LARGE
               WIND POINT                    PLATE GLASS WINDOWS
               RACINE CO                     BROKEN DOWNTOWNN
                                             RACINE WINDS 60 TO
                                             70 MPH

GD/JDH

Local storm report, Aug 28, 3:00 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
300 PM CDT MON AUG 28 1995

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

1000 AM-       CALEDONIA           WI        OVER 100 TREES
1020 AM        RACINE                        DOWN SOME LARGE
               WIND POINT                    PLATE GLASS WINDOWS
               RACINE CO                     BROKEN DOWNTOWN
                                             RACINE WINDS 60 TO
                                             70 MPH

GD/JDH

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 4:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

WIZ023>029-032>035-041>047-051>072-290300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
400 PM CDT MON AUG 28 1995

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WISCONSIN...

THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN
AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.  THE THREAT AREA
IS ROUGHLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF A RICE LAKE TO SHEBOYGAN LINE.
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF EAU CLAIRE..LA CROSSE..MADISON AND
THE ENTIRE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA.

A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN
ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY.  SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY
THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.  TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL ALSO
ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS.

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK.  STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND
FORECASTS.

JDH/WB

Special weather statement, Aug 28, 4:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

WIZ023>029-032>035-041>047-051>072-290300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
400 PM CDT MON AUG 28 1995

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WISCONSIN...

THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN
AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.  THE THREAT AREA
IS ROUGHLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF A RICE LAKE TO SHEBOYGAN LINE.
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF EAU CLAIRE..LA CROSSE..MADISON AND
THE ENTIRE MILWAUKEE METRO AREA.

A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT FROM EXTREME SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TO NORTHERN
ILLINOIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY.  SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY
THREAT BEING DAMAGINGJ WINDS AND HAIL.  TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL ALSO
ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS.

THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK.  STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND
FORECASTS.

JDH/WB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 28, 10:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	59 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.