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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 22, 1995Jefferson County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1995, 7:35 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 1995, 7:35 PM CDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
40 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 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1995-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1324 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1995-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 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 230035 RRA
SVRMKE
WIC055-230115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
735 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
 
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY
 
AT 733 PM CDT...THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED ESTIMATED WINDS
OF 60 MPH AND TREE LIMBS DOWN IN LAKE MILLS.
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND
WOULD AFFECT THE TOWNS OF JOHNSON CREEK...JEFFERSON...FORT ATKINSON
AND PALMYRA UNTIL 815 PM.
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY`.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
 
GARCIA
 
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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 22, 4:38 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
WIZ043-044-222245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
438 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995

AT 433PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SOME HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE
HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWN POURS. THIS
LINE OF STORM STRETCHED FROM VALATON...56 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON...
TO 5 MILES WEST OF NECEDAH...30 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF WISCONSIN
RAPIDS. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST-SOUTHEAST 20 TO
25 MPH.

IF ANY OF THESE STORMS THREATEN YOU...SEEK IMMEDIATE INDOOR SHELTER.
STIMACH
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
WIZ043-044-222245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
438 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995

AT 433PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SOME HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE
HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWN POURS. THIS
LINE OF STORM STRETCHED FROM VALATON...56 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON...
TO 5 MILES WEST OF NECEDAH...30 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF WISCONSIN
RAPIDS. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST-SOUTHEAS(T 20 TO
25 MPH.

IF ANY OF THESE STORMS THREATEN YOU...SEEK IMMEDIATE INDOOR SHELTER.
STIMACH
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 7:03 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
WIZ061-230100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA
ISSUED BY MADISON WI
702 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995

AT 658PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF
DUBUQUE IOWA MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM MAY
HAVE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT
TIME...INTENESE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND HAIL.

SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...TENNYSON...DICKEYVILLE
LOUISBURG...CUBA CITY...AND PLATTEVILLE.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...SEEK IMMEDIATE INDOOR SHELTER.
STIMACH
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 7:09 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
WIZ061-230115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MADISON WI
707 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 1995

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES GRANT COUNTY...

AT 658PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DUBUQUE IOWA MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM
MAY HAVE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO...HAIL
...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AND INTENSE LIGHTNING.

SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM
ARE...POTOSI...TENNYSON...DICKEYVILLE...LOUISBURG...CUBA CITY...AND
PLATTEVILLE.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU...SEEK IMMEDIATE INDOOR SHELTER.
STIMACH

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.