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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 16, 1995Jefferson County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1995, 5:53 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1995, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1995, 6:55 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Jefferson County, WI

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 1995-08-16The 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
668 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 
WUUS1 KMKE 162255 RRA
SVRMKE
WIC055-162355-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
553 PM CDT WED AUG 16 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 655 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

   ...JEFFERSON COUNTY

 
AT 550 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
OVER SOUTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY AND WILL AFFECT THE AREAS BETWEEN
LAKE MILLS...FORT ATKINSON...AND JEFFERSON AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.  AFTER 615 PM THE NORTHEAST PART OF JEFFERSON COUNTY WILL BE
AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS.

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

IN ADDITION VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED ALONG WITH SOME URBAN AND
LOW LAND FLOODING.

HENTZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane31 min
Aug 16, 6:08 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.