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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 23, 2005Kenosha County, Racine County, Walworth County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2005, 3:46 PM CDT for Kenosha County, Racine County, Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min. 14 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 23, 2005, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2005, 4:46 PM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kenosha County, WI, Racine County, WI, Walworth County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 23, 4:00 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 50	1 W East Troy, WI
Jul 23, 4:02 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	East Troy, WI	TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
Jul 23, 4:02 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	La Grange, WI	TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
Jul 23, 4:02 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Spring Prairie, WI	TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN.
Jul 23, 4:07 PM CDT	HAIL 0.75	East Troy, WI
Jul 23, 4:21 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 65	East Troy, WI	TREE BRANCHES IN ROAD.
Jul 23, 4:24 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne New Munster, WI	CITY OF WHEATLAND...SOME TREES BLOWN DOWN. POWERLINES BENT OVER NEAR HIGHWAY 50.
Jul 23, 4:24 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne New Munster, WI	CITY OF WHEATLAND...SOME TREES BLOWN DOWN. POWER POLES BENT OVER NEAR HIGHWAY 50.
Jul 23, 4:24 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Silver Lake, WI	TREE BRANCHES DOWN.
Jul 23, 4:24 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	1 Nw Burlington, WI
Jul 23, 4:26 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Silver Lake, WI	TREE DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF COUNTY S AND W.
Jul 23, 4:26 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Silver Lake, WI	TREE DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF S AND W.
Jul 23, 4:29 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Burlington, WI	TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN AT MCHENRY AND WALLBERG ST.
Jul 23, 4:32 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Silver Lake, WI	TREE DOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 12 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 16 minutes after it went out.

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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 23, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	2 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1843 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 197 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 232046
SVRMKX
WIC059-101-127-232200-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0121.050723T2046Z-050723T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
346 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
  RACINE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
  KENOSHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 346 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 80 MPH LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES NORTH OF
  POTTER LAKE TO 21 MILES NORTH OF DARIEN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DARIEN AROUND 355 PM CDT...
  WILLIAMS BAY AROUND 405 PM CDT...
  EAST TROY AROUND 410 PM CDT...
  WIND LAKE AROUND 415 PM CDT...

THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY

LAT...LON 4264 8780 4250 8779 4252 8874 4283 8871
      4283 8781 4280 8780 4278 8775

$$

ZAJDEL

6 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 232059
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
358 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

WIC059-101-127-232200-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-050723T2200Z/
WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
358 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
KENOSHA...RACINE AND WALWORTH COUNTIES...

AT 355 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH ACROSS 
NORTHERN WALWORTH COUNTY. SIREN ACTIVATION IS SUGGESTED.  THESE 
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEW BERLIN TO 
MILTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TIBBETS AND POTTER LAKE BY 405 PM CDT...  
  HONEY CREEK...WIND LAKE...AND ELKHORN BY 410 PM CDT...
  CALEDONIA AND NORTH CAPE BY 430 PM CDT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
MOST OF WISCONSIN. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4264 8780 4250 8779 4250 8876 4283 8876
      4283 8781 4280 8780 4278 8775

$$

BORGHOFF

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 232107
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
407 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

WIC059-101-127-232200-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-050723T2200Z/
WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
407 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
KENOSHA...RACINE AND WALWORTH COUNTIES...

AT 403 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
CALEDONIA TO DARIEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NORTH BAY...WIND POINT...KANSASVILLE AND FRANKSVILLE BY 415 PM
  CDT...
  NEW MUNSTER...BASSETT AND STURTEVANT BY 420 PM CDT...
  SALEM AND BRISTOL BY 425 PM CDT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
MOST OF WISCONSIN. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4264 8780 4250 8779 4250 8876 4283 8876
      4283 8781 4280 8780 4278 8775

$$

BORGHOFF

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 232120
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
419 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

WIC059-101-127-232200-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-050723T2200Z/
WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
419 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
KENOSHA...RACINE AND WALWORTH COUNTIES...

AT 416 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STURTEVANT TO WALWORTH...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STURTEVANT TO DELAVAN LAKE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SALEM...BRISTOL...BASSETT AND TWIN LAKES BY 425 PM CDT...          
  PLEASANT PRAIRIE BY 430 PM CDT...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS 
MOST OF WISCONSIN. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4264 8780 4250 8779 4250 8876 4271 8877
      4283 8781 4280 8780 4278 8775

$$

BORGHOFF

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 232132
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
432 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

WIC059-101-127-232200-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-050723T2200Z/
WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
432 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
KENOSHA...RACINE AND WALWORTH COUNTIES...

AT 429 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KENOSHA TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF WALWORTH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM KENOSHA TO HARVARD...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4266 8790 4249 8780 4250 8876 4261 8877
      4275 8804

$$

BORGHOFF

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 232139
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
437 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

WIC101-232147-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-050723T2200Z/
RACINE-
437 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RACINE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PUSHED SOUTH OF RACINE COUNTY...HENCE 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RACINE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4266 8790 4249 8780 4250 8876 4261 8877
      4260 8804

$$

WIC059-127-232200-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-050723T2200Z/
WALWORTH-KENOSHA-
437 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR
KENOSHA AND WALWORTH COUNTIES...

AT 434 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF PLEASANT
PRAIRIE TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GENOA CITY...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM WINTHROP HARBOR TO WONDER LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

SOME TOWNS THAT WILL STILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 
INCLUDE PELL LAKE...TREVOR AND PLEASANT PRAIRIE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4266 8790 4249 8780 4250 8876 4261 8877
      4260 8804

$$
MBK

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 232146
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
446 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

WIC059-127-232156-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0121.000000T0000Z-050723T2200Z/
WALWORTH-KENOSHA-
446 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR KENOSHA AND WALWORTH COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAD PROMTED THE WARNING HAVE EXITED 
THE AREA...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN 
CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4266 8790 4249 8780 4250 8876 4261 8877
      4260 8804

$$

BORGHOFF

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 23, 3:30 AM CDT, 12 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 3:30 AM CDT, 12 hours 16 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
330 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

.DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS ON PRECIP CHANCES TODAY/TONIGHT...AND
HEAT ON SUNDAY.

SFC ANIMATION SHOWS HI PRES RDG STILL NOSING INTO CWA WITH QUIET
ERLY FLOW AND DRIER DEW POINTS. HOWEVER FAIRLY POTENT WAA/H8 SPEED
CONVERGENCE ALREADY TAKING SHAPE ACRS SE MN/NE IA WITH BAND OF
CONVECTION THERE. MODELS SHOW A SHORT WAVE SWINGING THRU DURG MAINLY
MRNG HRS. MORE SHORT WAVE ENERGY BACK IN DAKOTAS WITH MORE VIGOROUS
CLUSTER OF STORMS. GFS SHOWING ALMOST AN INCH OF RAIN BY 18Z. WILL
OPT FOR MAXES TODAY THAT ARE HIGHER THAN GFS MOS BUT LOWER THAN ETA
MOS. THIS LARGELY DUE TO UPSTREAM CLOUD/PCPN TRENDS.

POTENTIAL TIGHT SW/NE GRADIENT IN CWA POPS TNGT AS TSTMS RIDE AROUND
UPR RIDGE WITHIN WAA REGIME BEING FED BY LLJ. LLJ LARGELY FOCUSES
BEST COVERAGE OF PCPN IN NERN CWA AND FURTHER NORTH INTO GRB CWA.
BEST H8 THERMAL PACKING ACRS WRN CWA B4 6Z AND THEN ERN CWA AFT 6Z.
GFS/NAM HAVE H8 HOT PROD FIRMLY ENTRNCHED ACRS CWA BY 12Z SUN.

THE HOT H8 AXIS THEN SITS ACROSS CWA FOR SUN WITH THE H8 TEMPS STILL
WITHIN 24C TO 26C RANGE...HOTTEST NR WI/IL BORDER. WILL GO AHEAD
AND ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY FOR ENTIRE CWA FOR SUNDAY WITH HEAT
INDICES STILL SHOWING VALUES AOA 105. ATMOS CAPPED SO WILL RETAIN
GOING DRY FCST.

MON THROUGH TUE TIME FRAME SHOWING SERIES OF RIPPLES WITHIN MORE
ZONAL H5 FLOW. H2 PROGS INDICATING CWA SITTING BENEATH RRQ OF ULJ...
WITH AREAS OF UPR LVL DIVERGENCE. H8 CONVERGENCE ALSO A PLAYER...SO
COULD SEE SOME BENEFICIAL RUNS WITH THIS REGIME...DEPENDING OF
COURSE ON WHERE BOUNDARY ACTUALLY SETS UP.

.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...HEAT ADVISORY SUNDAY INTO
SUNDAY EVENING...ZONES 46-47...51-52...56>60...62>72.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 11:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1130 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-241000-
COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON-
KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK-
SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA-
1130 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
THIS EVENING MAINLY OVER MARQUETTE COUNTY NORTH OF MONTELLO.  OVER
THE REST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THERE IS A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE
PRIMARY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING...THE EXPECTED COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES
IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S
MAY RESULT IN DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO NEAR 110.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SUNDAY NIGHT...SHIFTING INTO FAR SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

&&

DETAILED WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS MILWAUKEE
WEB-PAGE...WEATHER.GOV/MILWAUKEE     /LOWER CASE/

LMZ643>646-665-241000-
NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE TO WIND POINT-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE-
SHEBOYGAN WI TO PORT WASHINGTON-
WIND POINT TO WINTHROP HARBOR ILLINOIS-
1130 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WISCONSIN NEARSHORE WATERS
OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY THIS
AFTERNOON OR EVENING. HIGH WINDS AND HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY SUNDAY NIGHT...SHIFTING
INTO FAR SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ON MONDAY.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS MAY BE MET TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DUE
TO WINDS AND WAVES.

&&

DETAILED WEATHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE NWS MILWAUKEE
WEB-PAGE...WEATHER.GOV/MILWAUKEE     /LOWER CASE/

HENTZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 23, 2:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
236 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0232 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 WSW MONTELLO          43.78N 89.37W
07/23/2005  50 MPH           MARQUETTE          WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

PJS

Local storm report, Jul 23, 2:46 PM CDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
246 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0235 PM     TSTM WND GST     GREEN LAKE              43.84N 88.96W
07/23/2005  54 MPH           GREEN LAKE         WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

GDAVIS

Local storm report, Jul 23, 3:03 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
303 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 N PORTAGE             43.61N 89.47W
07/23/2005                   COLUMBIA           WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            40 FOOT TALL ELM TREE...1 FOOT IN DIAMETER DOWN.

0245 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PARDEEVILLE             43.53N 89.30W
07/23/2005                   COLUMBIA           WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SHINGLES OFF ROOF...60-70 MPH WIND GUSTS.

0245 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MARQUETTE               43.74N 89.14W
07/23/2005                   GREEN LAKE         WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.

&&

GDAVIS

Local storm report, Jul 23, 3:09 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
309 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BEAVER DAM              43.46N 88.84W
07/23/2005                   DODGE              WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN.

&&

GDAVIS

Local storm report, Jul 23, 3:14 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
314 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0305 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 S RIPON               43.83N 88.84W
07/23/2005  50 MPH           FOND DU LAC        WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

GDAVIS

Local storm report, Jul 23, 3:38 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
338 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0320 PM     TSTM WND GST     HUBBLETON               43.19N 88.88W
07/23/2005  50 MPH           JEFFERSON          WI   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

GDAVIS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 12:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Sauk	67 min
Jul 23, 1:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Dane	46 min
Jul 23, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green Lake, Marquette	63 min
Jul 23, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Sauk	44 min
Jul 23, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Fond du Lac	32 min
Jul 23, 2:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane	54 min
Jul 23, 3:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Dodge	29 min
Jul 23, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		85 min
Jul 23, 3:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac, Sheboygan	42 min
Jul 23, 3:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson	44 min
Jul 23, 3:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Ozaukee, Washington	40 min
Jul 23, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge	22 min
Jul 23, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Milwaukee, Waukesha	53 min
Jul 23, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		85 min
Jul 23, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Rock	29 min
Jul 23, 4:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Racine, Walworth	21 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.