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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 13, 1995Washington County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 7:40 PM CDT for Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 140040
SVRMKE
WIC131-133-140125-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 825 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
   ...WAUKESHA COUNTY


 
AT 737 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED BY A SPOTTER 21
MILES NORTHEAST OF JANESVILLE OR 10 MILES WEST OF EAGLE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 57 MPH.

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
 EAGLE                    BY 748 PM CDT
 NORTH PRAIRIE            BY 752 PM CDT
 DOUSMAN                  BY 752 PM CDT
 MUKWONAGO                BY 755 PM CDT
 GENESEE                  BY 755 PM CDT
 WALES                    BY 755 PM CDT
 DELAFIELD                BY 757 PM CDT
 OCONOMOWOC               BY 757 PM CDT
 OKAUCHEE                 BY 759 PM CDT
 LAC LA BELLE             BY 759 PM CDT
 NASHOTAH                 BY 759 PM CDT
 MONTEREY                 BY 800 PM CDT
 HARTLAND                 BY 801 PM CDT
 CHENEQUA                 BY 801 PM CDT
 STONEBANK                BY 801 PM CDT
 BIG BEND                 BY 802 PM CDT
 WAUKESHA                 BY 803 PM CDT
 PEWAUKEE                 BY 803 PM CDT
 NORTH LAKE               BY 804 PM CDT
 MERTON                   BY 804 PM CDT
 MUSKEGO                  BY 805 PM CDT
 MONCHES                  BY 806 PM CDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. 1/2 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED
JUST NORTH OF WHITEWATER AS THE STORMS MOVED THROUGH.  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 WarningMKXJefferson49 min
May 13, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock22 min
May 13, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWaukesha45 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.