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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 58, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 19, 1995Washington County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1995, 6:10 PM CDT for Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 22 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 1995, 6:10 PM CDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1995, 6:32 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 269 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 1995-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 1995-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1356 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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.