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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 11, 1999Ozaukee County, Washington County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1999, 7:04 PM CDT for Ozaukee County, Washington County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 min. 4 reports 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
Jun 11, 1999, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1999, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ozaukee County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jun 11, 7:05 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 56Sussex, WI
Jun 11, 7:25 PM CDTThunderstorm WindWest Bend, WI
Jun 11, 7:30 PM CDTHail 0.75Cedarburg, WI
Jun 11, 7:45 PM CDTThunderstorm WindDousman, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 11, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 00:00Z on 1999-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1272 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 1999-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
1272 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha59 min
Jun 11, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSheboygan53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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.