Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Milwaukee, WI

Issued

Jul 15, 2003, 1:59 AM CDT (06:59 UTC)

Expired

Jul 15, 2003, 2:45 AM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Milwaukee, WI

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Dane County, WI, Jefferson County, WI

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS53 KMKX 150659
SVRMKX
WIC025-055-150745-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
159 AM CDT TUE JUL 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 245 AM CDT

* AT 159 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CAMBRIDGE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LAKE MILLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FORT ATKINSON AT 210 AM CDT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH
THESE STORMS. TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED.

LAT...LON 4314 8905 4296 8918 4285 8866 4299 8860

$$

DAVIS

NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 14, 2:55 PM CDT, 11 hours 4 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
255 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003

FCST FOCUS ON UPCOMING TSTM EVENT TONIGHT INTO TUE MRNG.

SAT PIX SHOWING CI SHIELD HAS OVRSPRD SRN WI THIS AFTN AS LINE OF
SHWRS AND TSTMS TO OUR WEST CONTINUE TO DCRS IN INTENSITY AND
COVERAGE. INDICES ACRS SRN WI ARE AT A MIN ATTM BUT XPCTD TO INCRS
LTR TNGT AS BEST DYNAMICS BEGIN TO PUSH INTO CWA.

H300 JET STREAK STILL PROGGD TO AFFECT MAINLY NRN HLF OF WI WITH
LESSER FORCING IN THE SOUTH. BEST VORT MAX IS ALSO TO OUR N.

40-50 KT LLJ XPCTD TO PULL HIGHER MOISTURE FIELD INTO SRN WI AHD OF
APRCHG CDFNT THAT CROSSES OUR AREA DURG THE NIGHT. PWTR VALUES RISE
TO 1.86 AFT 09Z...HWVR ONLY MINOR CAPE VALUES SEEN ON BUFKIT WITH
LI/S ARD -2. GOOD WIND SHEAR. SO ALTHO SVR WORDING HAS BEEN REMOVED
IN FCST HAVE LEFT IN MENTION OF STG GUSTY TSTM WINDS AND PSBL HEAVY
RAINFALL.

HOLD ONTO MENTION OF SHWRS/TSTMS INTO TUE MRNG THEN PTSNY SKIES.
DROP OFF IN DEWPTS MAY NOT BE THAT NOTICEABLE UNTIL TUE NGT. NEXT
CHC OF RAIN WILL BE ON FRI.

HAVE GNRLY STAYED WITH WARMER LOOK OF PREV FCST...A TWEAK UP FROM
WHAT NEW TEMP GUID IS PROPOSING.

.MKX...NONE.

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-150500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1007 AM CDT MON JUL 14 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY
THREAT.  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO FORM AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT...AND SWEEP INTO SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER THIS
EVENING...AND INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERE
AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
INCREASES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER GROUPS MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

GEHRING

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.