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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1996, 6:34 PM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 min. 6 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
- Jul 18, 1996, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1996, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fond du Lac County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 6:43 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Ripon, WI | |
| Jul 18, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado F5 | Oakfield, WI | |
| Jul 18, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Marytown, WI | |
| Jul 18, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Marytown, WI | |
| Jul 18, 7:10 PM CDT | Hail 2.5 | Oakfield, WI | |
| Jul 18, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Oakfield, 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 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -283 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 182335 SVRMKE WIC039-190020- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 634 PM CDT THU JUL 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ...WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY AT 630 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN DOPPLER RADAR 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OSHKOSH OR 5 MILES WEST OF RIPON MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. AT 630 PM DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPOTED AT GREEN LAKE. THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR... RIPON BY 639 PM CDT FAIR WATER BY 641 PM CDT BRANDON BY 647 PM CDT ALTO BY 650 PM CDT ROSENDALE BY 651 PM CDT LADOGA BY 653 PM CDT ELDORADO BY 654 PM CDT WAUPUN BY 656 PM CDT LAMARTINE BY 701 PM CDT GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. EISE/HENTZ/MEADE &
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, Jul 18, 6:16 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
WIZ008>009-016>017-027>029-033>034-041-190100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 615 PM CDT THU JUL 18 1996 THE TORNADO WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLE6D IN MUCH OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM PRICE COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO LA CROSSE COUNTY. BROWNING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 1:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Green | 5 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green Lake, Marquette | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Green Lake | 31 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.