Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 3:52 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 4:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 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 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 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
- 130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -228 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1198 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 152051 RRA SVRMKE WIC055-152140- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 352 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 440 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 350 PM DOPPLAR WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY WEST OF JEFFERSON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY EASTWARD TOWARDS JEFFERSON AND NORTHWEST OF FORT ATKINSON. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. HENTZ/EISE
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
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 11:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
WIZ056>072-152100- HEAT ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1140 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...A HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF WISCONSIN... A HEAT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF WISCONSIN. THE AREA IS ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PRAIRIE DU CHIEN TO SHEBOYGAN. ALTHOUGH NOT AS HOT AS RECENT DAYS...TEMPERATURES WILL STILL CLIMB WELL INTO THE 90S...AND THIS COMBINED WITH THE HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS...WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE 105 TO 115 DEGREES. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS HEAT COMBINED WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CAN CAUSE HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND TRY TO GET INTO AN AIR-CONDITIONED LOCATION. THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG AND PERSONS WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE MOST AT RISK IN EXTREME HEAT. RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WILL COME LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY TOWARD SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. JDH
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 11:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
WIZ056>072-152100- HEAT ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1140 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...A HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF WISCONSIN... A HEAT ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF WISCONSIN. THE AREA IS ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PRAIRIE DU CHIEN TO SHEBOYGAN. ALTHOUGH NOT AS HOT AS RECENT DAYS...TEMPERATURES WILL STILL CLIMB WELL INTO THE 90S...AND THIS COMBINED WITH THE HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS...WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE 105 TO 115 DEGREES. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS HEAT COMBINED WITH PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CAN CAUSE HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND TRY TO GET INTO AN AIR-CONDITIONED LOCATION. THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG AND PERSONS WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE MOST AT RISK IN EXTREME HEAT. RELIEF FROM THE HEAT WILL COME LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY TOWARD SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. JDH
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 11:55 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
WIZ022-038>040-045>052-056>072-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1155 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WISCONSIN... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT EXISTS NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PRAIRIE DU CHIEN TO STURGEON BAY. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO AREAS OF MILWAUKEE AND MADISON. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT TIME. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK....NOT A WATCH...PLEASE LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. JDH
Special weather statement, Jul 15, 11:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
WIZ022-038>040-045>052-056>072-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1155 AM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WISCONSIN... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT EXISTS NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PRAIRIE DU CHIEN TO STURGEON BAY. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO AREAS OF MILWAUKEE AND MADISON. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT TIME. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OUTLOOK....NOT A WATCH...PLEASE LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES< OR WARNINGS. JDH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Washington | 61 min |
| Jul 15, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 66 min |
| Jul 15, 1:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 23 min |
| Jul 15, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 63 min |
| Jul 15, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 64 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.