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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI

April 18, 1995Dane County, Rock County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1995, 10:54 AM CDT for Dane County, Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 1995, 10:54 AM CDT (15:54 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 1995, 11:55 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dane County, WI, Rock County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 173 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-04-18Temperature 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 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
503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
418 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 181556
SVRMKE
WIC025-045-105-181655-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1054 AM CDT TUE APR 18 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1155 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...DANE COUNTY
   ...GREEN COUNTY
   ...ROCK COUNTY

 
AT 1053 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY
MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN DOPPLER RADAR 30 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF JANESVILLE
OR 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TWIN GROVE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 63 MPH.

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
 TWIN GROVE                             BY 1055 AM CDT
 OAKLEY                                 BY 1059 AM CDT
 BADGER AIRPORT                         BY 1059 AM CDT
 MONROE                                 BY 1059 AM CDT
 JUDA                                   BY 1059 AM CDT
 MONROE MUNI AIRPORT                    BY 1100 AM CDT
 STEARNS                                BY 1103 AM CDT
 BRODHEAD                               BY 1105 AM CDT
 ALBANY                                 BY 1107 AM CDT
 MONTICELLO                             BY 1107 AM CDT
 ATTICA                                 BY 1110 AM CDT
 EXETER                                 BY 1110 AM CDT
 ORFORDVILLE                            BY 1111 AM CDT
 DAYTON                                 BY 1113 AM CDT
 MAGNOLIA                               BY 1114 AM CDT
 FOOTVILLE                              BY 1114 AM CDT
 BELLEVILLE                             BY 1115 AM CDT
 EVANSVILLE                             BY 1115 AM CDT
 CENTER                                 BY 1116 AM CDT
 UNION                                  BY 1117 AM CDT
 MONTROSE                               BY 1117 AM CDT
 BROOKLYN                               BY 1117 AM CDT
 LEYDEN                                 BY 1119 AM CDT
 BASCO                                  BY 1119 AM CDT
 PAOLI                                  BY 1119 AM CDT
 RUTLAND                                BY 1120 AM CDT
 STONE                                  BY 1120 AM CDT
 COOKSVILLE                             BY 11820 AM CDT

THIS IS DANGEROUS STORM. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

KAPELA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 10:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette38 min
Apr 18, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen27 min
Apr 18, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette21 min
Apr 18, 11:27 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXRock23 min
Apr 18, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Walworth38 min
Apr 18, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington55 min
Apr 18, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Racine, Waukesha36 min
Apr 18, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha36 min
Apr 18, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia36 min
Apr 18, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Racine57 min
Apr 18, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee57 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.