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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 5, 1995Dane County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1995, 2:47 PM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 1995, 2:47 PM CDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1995, 3:20 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Dane County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 1995-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 226 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 1995-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 316 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
226 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
316 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
342 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 051946 RRA
SVRMKE
WIC025-052020-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
247 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 320 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...EASTERN DANE COUNTY

 
AT 244 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY
MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN DOPPLER RADAR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF MADISON OR 1
MILE WEST SOUTHWEST OF SUN PRAIRIE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
 SUN PRAIRIE              BY 246 PM CDT
 NORTH BRISTOL            BY 254 PM CDT
 DEANSVILLE               BY 254 PM CDT
 EAST BRISTOL             BY 255 PM CDT
 MARSHALL                 BY 258 PM CDT

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.

KRR.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette49 min
Jul 5, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge45 min
Jul 5, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac39 min

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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.