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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 13, 1995Jefferson County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 7:21 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 8:10 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 407 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
407 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
441 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 140021
SVRMKE
WIC055-105-140110-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 810 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY

IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...ROCK COUNTY


 
AT 718 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICIALS 1 MILE WEST NORTHWEST OF JANESVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 57
MPH.

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
 JANESVILLE               BY 719 PM CDT
 MILTON JCT               BY 725 PM CDT
 MILTON                   BY 725 PM CDT
 INDIANFORD               BY 726 PM CDT
 EMERALD GROVE            BY 726 PM CDT
 FULTON                   BY 727 PM CDT
 AVALON                   BY 728 PM CDT
 NEWVILLE                 BY 728 PM CDT
 EDGERTON                 BY 728 PM CDT
 JOHNSTOWN CENTER         BY 729 PM CDT
 JOHNSTOWN                BY 730 PM CDT
 LIMA CENTER              BY 732 PM CDT
 COOKSVILLE               BY 733 PM CDT
 LAKE KOSHKONONG          BY 733 PM CDT
 BUSSEYVILLE              BY 733 PM CDT
 WHITEWATER               BY 737 PM CDT
 COLD SPRINGS             BY 737 PM CDT
 FT ATKINSON              BY 738 PM CDT
 CAMBRIDGE                BY 740 PM CDT
 ROME                     BY 743 PM CDT
 HEBRON                   BY 743 PM CDT
 JEFFERSON                BY 744 PM CDT
 LONDON                   BY 744 PM CDT
 PALMYRA                  BY 745 PM CDT
 OAK HILL                 BY 747 PM CDT
 LAKE MILLS               BY 747 PM CDT
 HELENVILLE               BY 7v48 PM CDT

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY
OF PRODUCING MARBLE SIZE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

MK
 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock22 min
May 13, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWaukesha45 min
May 13, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWashington35 min
May 13, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Ozaukee18 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.