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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 13, 1995Milwaukee County, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 8:25 PM CDT for Milwaukee County, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 18 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 8:25 PM CDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 8:43 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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°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 140125
SVRMKE
LMZ502-WIC079-089-WIZ502-140200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

   ...OZAUKEE COUNTY
   ...MILWAUKEE COUNTY

INCLUDING THE ADJOINING WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
 
AT 823 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED BY A SPOTTER 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE OR 5 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BROWN DEER
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 57 MPH.

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
 BROWN DEER               BY 829 PM CDT
 MEQUON                   BY 830 PM CDT
 RIVER HILLS              BY 830 PM CDT
 THIENSVILLE              BY 831 PM CDT
 WHITE FISH BAY           BY 831 PM CDT
 GLENDALE                 BY 832 PM CDT
 WAUWATOSA                BY 832 PM CDT
 MILWAUKEE                BY 833 PM CDT
 FOX POINT                BY 833 PM CDT
 SHOREWOOD                BY 833 PM CDT
 CEDARBURG                BY 834 PM CDT
 BAYSIDE                  BY 834 PM CDT
 WEST MILWAUKEE           BY 834 PM CDT
 GRAFTON                  BY 837 PM CDT
 ST FRANCIS               BY 840 PM CDT
 CUDAHY                   BY 841 PM CDT
 SAUKVILLE                BY 841 PM CDT
 PORT WASHINGTON          BY 843 PM CDT
 SOUTH MILWAUKEE          BY 843 PM CDT
 NEWBURG                  BY 844 PM CDT
 KNELLSVILLE              BY 845 PM CDT
 WAUBEKA                  BY 846 PM CDT
 FREDONIA                 BY 847 PM CDT
 HOLY CROSS               BY 848 PM CDT
 BELGIUM                  BY 851 PM CDT
 LAKE CHURCH              BY 852 PM CDT

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL HAS
BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.  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, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWashington35 min

Nearby

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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.