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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 14, 1995Green Lake County, Marquette County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1995, 1:23 AM CDT for Green Lake County, Marquette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 1995, 1:23 AM CDT (06:23 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 1995, 2:06 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Green Lake County, WI, Marquette County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:25 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 1995-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1788 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 1995-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
1788 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 140625 RRA
SVRMKE
WIC047-077-140730-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
123 AM CDT MON AUG 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...GREEN LAKE COUNTY...MARQUETTE COUNTY
 
AT 120 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO
NORTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH AND WILL
HEAD INTO GREEN LAKE COUNTY BY 145 AM. THE STRONGEST WINDS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE STORM WILL ESPECIALLY AFFECT THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
COUNTIES. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE WESTFIELD...
NESHKORO...PRINCETON AND BERLIN.
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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 13, 9:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
WIZ006>008-015-016-140230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
917 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995

...PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 938 CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 938 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

BURNETT...WASHBURN...SAWYER...BARRON AND RUSK.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED IN THESE COUNTIES.

TZ
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 9:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
WIZ006>008-015-016-140230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
917 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995

...PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 938 CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 938 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

BURNETT...WASHBURN...SAWYER...BARRON AND RUSK.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED IN THESE COUNTIES.

TZ
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 10:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
WIZ009-010-017-018-140430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1100 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995

...PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 938 CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 938 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

PRICE...ONEIDA...TAYLOR...LINCOLN.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED IN THESE COUNTIES.

TH
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 11:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
WIZ009-010-017-018-140430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1100 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995

...PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 938 CANCELLED...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 938 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

PRICE...ONEIDA...TAYLOR...LINCOLN.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED IN THESE COUNTIES.

TH
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:00 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
WIZ011-019>021-030>031-140630-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
100 AM CDT MON AUG 14 1995

...REST OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 938 CANCELLED...

THE REST OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 938 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT
FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

FOREST...LANGLADE...MARATHON...SHAWANO...MENOMINEE...OCONTO.

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DIMINISHED IN THESE COUNTIES.

TH

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.