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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Milwaukee, WI

September 1, 1998Washington County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 1998, 8:28 PM CDT for Washington County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 62 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
Sep 1, 1998, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 1998, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 1, 8:50 PM CDTHail 1Hartford, 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 269 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1998-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 1998-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-201 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 020128 RRA
SVRMKE
WIC131-020230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
828 PM CDT TUE SEP 1 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 826 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTHEASTERN DODGE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  AROUND 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HARTFORD AT 846 PM
  HUBERTUS AT 900 PM
  RICHLAND AT 855 PM

IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS... SEEK SAFETY IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST PROTECTION. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES.


MK/REM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia62 min
Sep 1, 7:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge62 min
Sep 1, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Jefferson56 min
Sep 1, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXWaukesha61 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.