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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 9, 1995Rock County, Walworth County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1995, 10:31 AM CDT for Rock County, Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 1995, 10:31 AM CDT (15:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1995, 11:35 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Rock County, WI, Walworth County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:34 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 1995-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2688 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 1995-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
2688 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
772 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KMKE 091530 RRA
SVRMKE
WIC105-127-091635-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1031 AM CDT WED AUG 9 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1135 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...EASTERN ROCK COUNTY

IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

   ...WALWORTH COUNTY

 DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 1030 AM. THIS SEVERE
STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH THE AREA AROUND
WHITEWATER AND EAST TROY BY 1050 AM.


THIS IS DANGEROUS STORM. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

KAPELA

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, Aug 9, 5:27 AM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
WIZALL-091300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
527 AM CDT WED AUG 9 1995

...SEVERE WEATHER WATCH 931 CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 931 FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
HAS DIMINISHED IN THAT AREA. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST
FOR MUCH OF WISCONSIN TODAY...AND THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS ESPECIALLY FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN WISCONSIN.

ZAJDEL
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:29 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before
WIZALL-091300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
527 AM CDT WED AUG 9 1995

...SEVERE WEATHER WATCH 931 CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 931 FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL WISCONSIN HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
HAS DIMINISHED IN THAT AREA. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST
FOR MUCH OF WISCONSIN TODAY...AND THERE IS A THREAT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS ESPECIALLY FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN WISCONSIN.

ZAJDEL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 5:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake61 min
Aug 9, 6:07 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXFond du Lac, Green Lake38 min
Aug 9, 7:09 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXFond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington36 min
Aug 9, 7:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Jefferson, Waukesha68 min
Aug 9, 8:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Rock, Walworth48 min
Aug 9, 10:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson61 min
Aug 9, 11:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson60 min
Aug 9, 11:16 AM CDTTornado WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth47 min
Aug 9, 11:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge61 min
Aug 9, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRacine, Walworth, Waukesha45 min
Aug 9, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXKenosha, Racine, Walworth52 min
Aug 9, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson42 min
Aug 9, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge62 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.