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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 11, 1999Milwaukee County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 11, 1999, 7:16 PM CDT for Milwaukee County, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 59 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
Jun 11, 1999, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 1999, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Whole counties

Counties Milwaukee County, WI, Waukesha County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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
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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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

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

941 
WUUS1 KMKE 120017 RRA
SVRMKE
WIC079-133-120115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
716 PM CDT FRI JUN 11 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WAUKESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
  MILWAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES           
  NORTHWEST OF MENOMONEE FALLS TO 2 MILES WEST OF MUSKEGO...MOVING   
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  HALES CORNERS AT 725 PM CDT.
  FRANKLIN AT 730 PM CDT.
  BROWN DEER AT 735 PM CDT.
  GLENDALE AT 740 PM CDT.

HAIL UP TO 3/4 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 55 MILES
AN HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE STORMS
PATH...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY FLOOD
LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS
AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.

JH/CROSBIE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXOzaukee, Washington, Waukesha56 min
Jun 11, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSheboygan53 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.