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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 8, 1996Dane County, Green County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1996, 10:06 AM CDT for Dane County, Green County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 69 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
Jul 8, 1996, 10:06 AM CDT (15:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 1996, 11:15 AM CDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dane County, WI, Green County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:10 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
Jul 8, 10:35 AM CDTThunderstorm WindStoughton, 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 161 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1996-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 1996-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 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 081510
SVRMKE
WIC045-025-081615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1006 AM CDT MON JUL 8 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH WISCONSIN
 
   ...GREEN COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...DANE COUNTY
 
AT 1005 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING
WESTERN DANE AND WESTERN GREEN COUNTIES. THIS STORM WILL TRACK FROM
WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF DANE AND GREEN COUNTIES BETWEEN
10:15 AND 11:00 AM.
 
 
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY.  xGO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 9:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Lafayette64 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.