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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 8, 1995Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1995, 4:41 PM CDT for Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1995, 4:41 PM CDT (21:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1995, 5:25 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Sauk County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1389 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
1389 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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 
WUUS1 KMKE 082144 RRA
SVRMKE
WIC111-082225-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
441 PM CDT TUE AUG 8 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 525 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...SAUK COUNTY

 
AT 440 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
SAUK COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN PLAIN AND LOGANVILLE
HEADING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH TOWARD NATURAL BIRDGE STATE PARK
BLACK HAWK...AND WITWEN.

RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED WIND SPEEDS NEAR 60 MPH POSSIBLE.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

HENTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa38 min
Aug 8, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane45 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.