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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 31, 1998Dane County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 1998, 1:28 AM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 92 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: May 31, 1998, 1:28 AM CDT (06:28 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 1998, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 92 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Whole counties

County Dane County, WI

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 31, 2:00 AM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind 87	Countywide, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 31, 1:00 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1779 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -287 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1354 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 565 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMKE 310628 RRA
SVRMKE
WIC025-065-310800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
128 AM CDT SUN MAY 31 1998

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

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 125 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
  LAVALLE IN SAUK COUNTY TO BLOOMINGTON IN GRANT COUNTY... MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS TO NEARLY 80 MPH AND WILL
  CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER
THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THESE AREAS... SEEK SAFETY IN A SMALL
INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT OFFERS THE BEST
PROTECTION.

JH


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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 31, 1:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Sauk	89 min
May 31, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette	80 min
May 31, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Iowa	90 min
May 31, 1:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Lafayette	92 min
May 31, 1:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac	89 min
May 31, 1:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green	70 min
May 31, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Rock	78 min
May 31, 2:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Sheboygan, Washington	75 min
May 31, 2:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Waukesha	75 min
May 31, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Ozaukee	78 min
May 31, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Walworth	78 min
May 31, 2:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine	93 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.