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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Milwaukee, WI

August 5, 1996Green Lake County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1996, 4:04 PM CDT for Green Lake County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 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 5, 1996, 4:04 PM CDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 1996, 4:55 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Green Lake County, WI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 5, 4:25 PM CDTThunderstorm WindGreen Lake, 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 1996-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 122 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 1996-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1039 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 052104
SVRMKE
WIC047-052155-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
404 PM CDT MON AUG 5 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 455 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN

   ...GREEN LAKE COUNTY
 
AT 403 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING
OVER THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GREEN LAKE COUNTY NEAR THE VILLAGE OF
KINGSTON.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES
OF KINGSTON... GREEN LAKE... MARQUETTE... AND BERLIN THROUGH 445PM.

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

KAPELA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Sauk57 min
Aug 5, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Dane61 min
Aug 5, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac63 min
Aug 5, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson50 min
Aug 5, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSheboygan61 min
Aug 5, 5:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXIowa, Sauk64 min
Aug 5, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Fond du Lac45 min
Aug 5, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane25 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.