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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 2, 1996Ozaukee County, Washington County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1996, 5:34 PM CDT for Ozaukee County, Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 1996, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1996, 6:35 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ozaukee County, WI, Washington County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 1996-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1996-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -93 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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 022234
SVRMKE
LMZ530-WIC089-131-WIZ526-527-022335-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
534 PM CDT SUN JUN 2 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 635 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
   ...OZAUKEE COUNTY

AND A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 635 PM CDT
FOR THE WISCONSIN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN EAST OF...

   ...SHEBOYGAN TO NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE
   ...AND THE OPEN WATERS OUT TO MID LAKE
 
AT 530 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT SLINGER 28 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MILWAUKEE. WINDOWS WERE BROKEN WITH THIS HAIL. THE STORM
IS HEADING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT WEST
BEND...JACKSON...NEWBURG BY 545PM.

THIS IS DANGEROUS STORM. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.  THE APPROACHING STORM
WILL MAKE BOATING DIFFICULT DUE TO HIGH WINDS...STEEP WAVES...AND
LIGHTNING STRIKES.

TZ
 

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee47 min
Jun 2, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRock, Walworth38 min
Jun 2, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWalworth62 min
Jun 2, 6:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRacine43 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.