Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 1996, 8:11 PM CDT for Dane County, Green County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 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, 8:11 PM CDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 1996, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 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 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:25 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Oregon, 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 00:00Z, 1.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMKE 060111 SVRMKE WIC045-025-060145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 811 PM CDT MON AUG 5 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH WISCONSIN ...SOUTHEASTERN GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...SOUTHEASTERN DANE COUNTY AT 810 PM... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM STOUGHTON... 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON... TO MONROE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND CAN STILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH 845 PM... ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DANGEROUSR LIGHTNING. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! 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, Aug 5, 5:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
WIZ026-028-029-032>034-041>044-046-047-051-053>072-072200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 540 PM CDT MON AUG 5 1996 ...INDICIES NEARING HEAT ADVISORY LEVELS ON TUESDAY... HEAT INDICIES IN THE 98 TO 104 DEGREE RANGE ARE FORECAST FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ON TUESDAY. THE AREA IS ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MINNEAPOLIS TO EAU CLAIRE TO FOND DU LAC TO JUST SOUTH OF SHEBOYGAN. A FEW OF THE CITIES THAT WILL EXPERIENCE THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY INCLUDE MILWAUKEE...MADISON...LACROSSE AND EAU CLAIRE. ALTHOUGH HEAT INDICIES IN THE 98 TO 104 DEGREE RANGE ARE BELOW THE CRITERIA FOR HEAT ADVISORIES...THEY ARE STILL HIGH ENOUGH TO PRODUCE HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. PERSONS MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY ARE THE ELDERLY...INFANTS...AND CHILDREN UP TO 4 YEARS OF AGE. PERSONS ON CERTAIN MEDICATIONS THAT LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE ARE ALSO AT RISK AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN INNER CITY HOUSING WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PERSONS ATTENDING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES LIKE THE WISCONSIN STATE FAIR SHOULD BE AWARE THAT PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO DIRECT SUNSHINE CAN ALSO PRODUCE SUN STROKE WITH HOT AND STAGNANT CONDITIONS. ADVANCE PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN BY PERSONS WHO WILL HAVE DIFFICULTY COPING WITH THE EXPECTED HEAT AND HUMIDITY. CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CHANGE MUCH DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. GARCIA
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
WIZ005-010-017-018-029-034-041-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 635 PM CDT MON AUG 5 1996 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM FOREST COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO VERNON COUNTY. GARCIA
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
WIZ011-012-019-030-035-036-041-042-043-053-054-055-060200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 700 PM CDT MON AUG 5 1996 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH PREVIOUSLY IN ElFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED WEST OF A LINE FROM MARINETTE COUNTY TO SAUK COUNTY. GARCIA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 58 min |
| Aug 5, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 69 min |
| Aug 5, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 69 min |
| Aug 5, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sheboygan, Washington | 63 min |
| Aug 5, 7:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Rock | 63 min |
| Aug 5, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Waukesha | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Rock | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Racine | 90 min |
| Aug 5, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Walworth | 90 min |
| Aug 5, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Waukesha | 48 min |
| Aug 5, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
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.