Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1997, 7:45 AM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 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 27, 1997, 7:45 AM CDT (12:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1997, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dane County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:55 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Fitchburg, 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 2407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 271246 RRA SVRMKE WIC025-271345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 745 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 1997 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DANE COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 845 AM CDT * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BLACK EARTH MIDDLETON MADISON OREGON * AT 745AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES WEST OF MADISON. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WITH THESE STORMS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. TH/CG
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 27, 6:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-281200-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
600 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 1997
...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...
...FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
THREAT...
DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
DISCUSSION...
VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED OVER THE REGION
TODAY INTO TNIGHT. A WEAK BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM NORTHEAST IOWA TO
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL DEVELOP SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...WITH
THE STRONGER STORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING.
MEANWHILE A COLD FRONT LOCATED JUST NORTH OF WISCONSIN EARLY THIS
MORNING IS FORECAST TO SAG INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
SPOTTER ACTION...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER GROUPS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT.
THSpecial weather statement, Jul 27, 6:09 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-281200-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
600 AM CDT SUN JUL 27 1997
...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT...
...FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
THREAT...
DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
DISCUSSION...
VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED OVER THE REGION
TODAY INTO TNIGHT. A WEAK BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM NORTHEAST IOWA TO
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL DEVELOP SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...WITH
THE STRONGER STORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING.
MEANWHILE A COLD FRONT LOCATED JUST NORTH OF WISCONSIN EARLY THIS
MORNING IS FORECAST TO SAG INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO TONIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
SPOTTER ACTION...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER GROUPS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT.
THThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Rock | 59 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.