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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 27, 1995Rock County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1995, 1:40 PM CDT for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1995, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1995, 2:40 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Rock County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 1995-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 435 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
435 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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 271838 RRA
SVRMKE
WIC105-271940-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
140 PM CDT TUE JUN 27 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 240 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...ROCK COUNTY
 
A COMPLEX OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROMNORTH OF JANESVILLE
SOUTHEAST TO CLINTON WILL BE MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THE CITIES
OF JANESVILLE... EDGERTON... MILTON... AND BELOIT WILL EXPERIENCE
THE SEVERE STORMS THROUGN 230 PM.  1/2 INCH HAIL WAS OBSERVED JUST
NORTH OF BELOIT AT 130 PM.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

KAPELA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 1:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane39 min
Jun 27, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXLafayette48 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.