Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1995, 6:46 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 1995, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1995, 7:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMKE 072346 RRA SVRMKE WIC055-080050- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 646 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 750 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 645 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE WATERLOO LAKE MILLS AND MILFORD AREAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN MARSHALL IN NORTHEAST DANE COUNTY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HENTZ/HAASE &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 7, 1:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
140 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
227 PM CITY OF WALWORTH WI MICROBURST WINDS
WALWORTH COUNTY CAUSED ROOF TO BE
BLOWN OFF HOUSE
(PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS
AN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO).
NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN OVER.
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
313 PM WATERFORD WI POWER LINES DOWNED BY
RACINE COUNTY HIGH WINDS.
347 PM NORWAY WI LIGHTNING STRIKE STARTED
RACINE COUNTY HOUSE ON FIRE.
416 PM BEAVER DAM WI TREES AND POWER LINES
DODGE COUNTY DOWNED BY HIGH
WINDS
419 PM WAUPUN WI TREES AND POWER LINES
FOND DU LAC COUNTY DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS.
430 PM WAUPUN WI TREE BLOWN ONTO CAR
FOND DU LAC COUNTY
520 PM DANE WI 8 TO 10 INCH DIAMETER
1 MILE NORTHEAST OF TREES DOWNED BY HIGH
STOUGHTON WINDS
GARCIALocal storm report, Jun 7, 1:46 PM CDT, 5 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
140 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
227 PM CITY OF WALWORTH WI MICROBURST WINDS
WALWORTH COUNTY CAUSED ROOF TO BE
BLOWN OFF HOUSE
(PREVIOUSLY REPORTED AS
AN UNCONFIRMED TORNADO).
NUMEROUS TREES BLOWN OVER.
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL.
313 PM WATERFORD WI POWER LINES DOWNED BY
RACINE COUNTY HIGH WINDS.
347 PM NORWAY WI LIGHTNING STRIKE STARTED
RACINE COUNTY HOUSE ON FIRE.
416 PM BEAVER DAM WI TREES AND POWER LINES
DODGE COUNTY DOWNED BY HIGH
WINDS
419 PM WAUPUN WI TREES AND POWER LINES
FOND DU LAC COUNTY DOWNED BY HIGH WINDS.
430 PM WAUPUN WI TREE BLOWN ONTO CAR
FOND DU LAC COUNTY
520 PM DANE WI 8 TO 10 INCH DIAMETER
1 MILE NORTHEAST OF TREES DOWNED BY HIGH
STOUGHTON WINDS
GARCIASpecial weather statement, Jun 7, 4:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
WIZ054>072-080300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 415 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR LA CROSSE TO JUST SOUTH OF SHEBOYGAN WILL MOVE SLOWLY INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. VERY WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AREA THIS EVENING WILL BE SOUTH OF A LA CROSSE TO SHEBOYGAN LINE AND INCLUDES THE METRO AREAS OF MILWAUKEE AND MADISON. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. JDH
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
WIZ054>072-080300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 415 PM CDT WED JUN 7 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR LA CROSSE TO JUST SOUTH OF SHEBOYGAN WILL MOVE SLOWLY INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. VERY WARM MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AREA THIS EVENING WILL BE SOUTH OF A LA CROSSE TO SHEBOYGAN LINE AND INCLUDES THE METRO AREAS OF MILWAUKEE AND MADISON. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. JDH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.