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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 9, 1995Dodge County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1995, 12:58 PM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 1995, 12:58 PM CDT (17:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1995, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Dodge County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 1995-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 431 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 1995-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KMKE 091800 RRA
SVRMKE
WIC027-055-091900-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1258 PM CDT WED AUG 9 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

   ...SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTY
   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY


 
AT 1256 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY
MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN DOPPLER RADAR NEAR NEOSHO MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
 LEBANON                  BY 105 PM CDT
 ALDERLEY                 BY 109 PM CDT
 IXONIA                   BY 115 PM CDT
 WATERTOWN                BY 115 PM CDT
 RICHWOOD                 BY 117 PM CDT
 FARMINGTON               BY 124 PM CDT

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

DAVIS/BROWNING

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, 10:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock, Walworth64 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

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.