Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 7:40 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1995, 7:40 PM CDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1995, 8:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 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 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 0.7 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
- 189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 160039 RRA SVRMKE WIC055-160140- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 740 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 840 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 735 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING MUCH OF SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF FORT ATKINSON... HEBRON...AND PALMYRA. THESE STORMS SHOULD THEN AFFECT NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY AFTER 800 PM. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. HENTZ/JDH
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
Local storm report, Jul 15, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
605 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 AM PLYMOUTH/ELKHART LAKE WI 2 TREES DOWN.
07/15/95 SHEBOYGAN CO.
1123 AM WI DIME SIZE HAIL...SPOTTER
07/15/95 SHEBOYGAN CO. REPORT.
1220 PM 2 MI. E. OF BEAVER DAM WI ONE INCH HAIL.
07/15/95 DODGE CO.
1222 PM NEAR BEAVER DAM WI GOLBALL SIZE HAIL.
07/15/95 DODGE CO.
1229 PM NEAR ROLLING PRAIRIE WI NEAR BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
07/15/95 DODGE CO.
1245 PM ADDISON WI 55 MPH WINDS.
07/15/95 WASHINGTON CO.
123 PM HARTLAND WI GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
07/15/95 WAUKESHA CO.
207 PM BROOKFIELD WI NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
07/15/95 WAUKESHA CO.
210 PM BROWN DEER WI 2 TREES DOWN AND GAZEBO
07/15/95 MILWAUKEE CO. DESTROYED AT CHANNEL 6.
545 PM KENOSHA WI 60-65 MPH WINDS CLOCKED
07/15/95 KENOSHA CO. BY COAST GUARD.
545 PM KENOSHA WI 75 MPH WINDS CLOCKED AT
07/15/95 KENOSHA CO. AIRPORT. BEECHCRAFT SPUN
AROUND 180 DEGREES.Local storm report, Jul 15, 7:20 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ...COR TV 6 REPORT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
720 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 AM PLYMOUTH/ELKHART LAKE WI 2 TREES DOWN.
07/15/95 SHEBOYGAN CO.
1123 AM WI DIME SIZE HAIL...SPOTTER
07/15/95 SHEBOYGAN CO. REPORT.
1220 PM 2 MI. E. OF BEAVER DAM WI ONE INCH HAIL.
07/15/95 DODGE CO.
1222 PM NEAR BEAVER DAM WI GOLBALL SIZE HAIL.
07/15/95 DODGE CO.
1229 PM NEAR ROLLING PRAIRIE WI NEAR BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.
07/15/95 DODGE CO.
1245 PM ADDISON WI 55 MPH WINDS.
07/15/95 WASHINGTON CO.
123 PM HARTLAND WI GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL.
07/15/95 WAUKESHA CO.
207 PM BROOKFIELD WI NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
07/15/95 WAUKESHA CO.
1200 PM BROWN DEER WI BRANCHES DOWN AND GAZEBO
07/15/95 MILWAUKEE CO. DESTROYED AT CHANNEL 6.
545 PM KENOSHA WI 60-65 MPH WINDS CLOCKED
07/15/95 KENOSHA CO. BY COAST GUARD.
545 PM KENOSHA WI 75 MPH WINDS CLOCKED AT
07/15/95 KENOSHA CO. AIRPORT. BEECHCRAFT SPUN
AROUND 180 DEGREES.The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 62 min |
| Jul 15, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.