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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 16, 1995Dodge County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1995, 6:08 PM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 1995, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 1995, 7:10 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Dodge County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 16, 6:30 PM CDTTornado F0Reesville, WI

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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 1995-08-16Temperature 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 
TTAA00 KMKE 162310 RRA
SVRMKE
WIC027-170010-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 710 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

   ...DODGE COUNTY

 
AT 605 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HIGH WINDS WAS ENTERING SOUTHWEST DODGE COUNTY.  THIS STORM KNOCKED
DOWN TREES IN SUN PRAIRIE IN DANE COUNTY.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM WILL AFFECT AREAS SOUTHWEST OF REESEVILLE THROUGH 630 PM.
ALSO SEVERE STORMS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO EVENTUALLY
REACH SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTY BY 645 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS.

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, 5:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.