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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 29, 1996Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Washington County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1996, 8:19 PM CDT for Ozaukee County, Sheboygan County, Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports 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
Jun 29, 1996, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1996, 9:05 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ozaukee County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Washington County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 8:30 PM CDTThunderstorm WindJackson, WI
Jun 29, 9:00 PM CDTThunderstorm WindSheboygan, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 1996-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2640 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 1996-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 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
2640 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1294 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
12.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 300120
SVRMKE
WIC089-117-131-300205-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
819 PM CDT SAT JUN 29 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 905 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
   ...OZAUKEE COUNTY
   ...SHEBOYGAN COUNTY
 
AT 815 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT WEST BEND AND SLINGER IN WASHINGTON COUNTY
AND SHEBOYGAN THROUGH 840 PM AND THEN MOVE INTO OZAUKEE COUNTY
AFTER 840R PM AND AFFECT GRAFTON...CEDARBURG...SAUKVILLE AND PORT
WASHINGTON.

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

COLLAR/DAVIS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMarquette53 min
Jun 29, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake54 min
Jun 29, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia65 min
Jun 29, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac46 min
Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane45 min
Jun 29, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.