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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Milwaukee, WI

April 18, 1995Iowa County, Lafayette County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 18, 1995, 11:00 AM CDT for Iowa County, Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 21 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 1995, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 1995, 11:21 AM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Iowa County, WI, Lafayette County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 1995-04-18Temperature 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1995-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 371 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
503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
418 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 181559
SVRMKE
WIC049-065-181630-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1100 AM CDT TUE APR 18 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN

   ...EASTERN IOWA COUNTY...EASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EASTERN
HALFS OF IOWA AND LAFAYETTE COUNTIES BETWEEN 1100 AM AND 1130 AM CDT.
THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WIND SPEEDS OF 60 MPH AT DUBUQUE IOWA. PEOPLE
IN RIDGWAY...BARNEVELD...HOLLANDALE...BLANCHARDVILLE AND ARGYLE SHOULD
TAKE CLOVER NOW.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
TH


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 10:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette38 min
Apr 18, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Rock61 min
Apr 18, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen27 min
Apr 18, 11:27 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXRock23 min
Apr 18, 11:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Walworth38 min
Apr 18, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington55 min
Apr 18, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Racine, Waukesha36 min
Apr 18, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha36 min
Apr 18, 11:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia36 min
Apr 18, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Milwaukee, Racine57 min
Apr 18, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee57 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.