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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 13, 1995Columbia County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 6:20 PM CDT for Columbia County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 22 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 6:42 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Columbia County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 132321
SVRMKE
WIC021-045-077-140005-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
620 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 705 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...MARQUETTE COUNTY

IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...COLUMBIA COUNTY
   ...GREEN COUNTY


 
AT 617 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY
MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN DOPPLER RADAR 34 MILES NORTH OF MADISON OR 2 MILES
WEST NORTHWEST OF PORTAGE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 63 MPH.

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
 PORTAGE                  BY 619 PM CDT
 BRIGGSVILLE              BY 624 PM CDT
 ENDEAVOR                 BY 626 PM CDT
 WYOCENA                  BY 627 PM CDT
 PARDEEVILLE              BY 627 PM CDT
 PACKWAUKEE               BY 630 PM CDT
 RIO                      BY 631 PM CDT
 OXFORD                   BY 632 PM CDT
 MONTELLO                 BY 634 PM CDT
 CAMBRIA                  BY 636 PM CDT
 DOYLESTOWN               BY 636 PM CDT
 FRIESLAND                BY 637 PM CDT
 WESTFIELD                BY 638 PM CDT
 HARRISVILLE              BY 638 PM CDT
 GERMANIA                 BY 641 PM CDT
 FALL RIVER               BY 641 PM CDT
 NESHKORO                 BY 646 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS OF 55 TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY...WITH LARGE HAIL.
GO INSIDE A STURDY BUIL\DING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

MK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMarquette35 min
May 13, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk48 min
May 13, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake23 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.