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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 29, 1995Ozaukee County, Washington County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1995, 2:39 PM CDT for Ozaukee County, Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1995, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ozaukee County, WI, Washington County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 12:00Z on 1995-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 311 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 1995-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
311 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
597 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 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 291938 RRA
SVRMKE
LMZ502-WIC089-131-WIZ502-292040-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
239 PM CDT THU JUN 29 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 340 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

   ...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN OZAUKEE COUNTY

INCLUDING THE ADJOINING WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
 
A DANGEROUS STORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH
WILL AFFECT THE FILMORE TO FREDONIA AREA THROUGH 3 PM. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS ON THE TRI POINT OF WASHINGTON... OZAUKEE AND SHEBOYGAN
COUNTIES AS OF 235 PM AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

KAPELA/KAPELA

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.