Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2005, 4:01 PM CDT for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2005, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rock County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
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.
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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -350 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMKX 232100
SVRMKX
WIC105-232130-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0122.050723T2101Z-050723T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
401 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 401 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLINTON TO 5 MILES EAST OF
FOOTVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
BELOIT AROUND 415 PM CDT...
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
LAT...LON 4251 8878 4252 8930 4272 8931 4273 8921
4275 8915 4275 8911 4280 8883 4281 8882
4281 8878
$$
ZAJDEL2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMKX 232110
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
410 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005
WIC105-232130-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0122.000000T0000Z-050723T2130Z/
ROCK-
410 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR ROCK
COUNTY...
AT 408 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ELKHORN TO
JANESVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
EMERALD GROVE AND AFTON BY 415 PM CDT...
BELOIT AND AVALON BY 420 PM CDT...
TIFFANY AND SHOPIERE BY 425 PM CDT...
CLINTON AND CLYDE BY 430 PM CDT...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS
MOST OF WISCONSIN. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION SEEK
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.
LAT...LON 4249 8878 4250 8903 4268 8917 4280 8883
4281 8882 4281 8878
$$
BORGHOFF000 WWUS53 KMKX 232124 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 423 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 WIC105-232130- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0122.000000T0000Z-050723T2130Z/ ROCK- 423 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR ROCK COUNTY... AT 421 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF AVALON TO AVALON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4249 8878 4250 8903 4257 8915 4268 8879 $$ 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 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 3:30 AM CDT, 12 hours 31 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 31 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, 3:03 PM CDT, 58 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.
&&
GDAVISLocal storm report, Jul 23, 3:09 PM CDT, 52 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.
&&
GDAVISLocal storm report, Jul 23, 3:14 PM CDT, 47 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
&&
GDAVISLocal storm report, Jul 23, 3:38 PM CDT, 23 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
&&
GDAVISLocal storm report, Jul 23, 3:47 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
347 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0344 PM TSTM WND GST 3 SE SULLIVAN 42.98N 88.55W
07/23/2005 67 MPH JEFFERSON WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
&&
GDAVISSpecial weather statement, Jul 23, 4:01 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 401 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 WIZ046-047-056-057-232200- COLUMBIA-GREEN LAKE-MARQUETTE-SAUK- 401 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2005 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 664 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PUSHED SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SAUK...MARQUETTE...GREEN LAKE...AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES. HENTZ
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, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 60 min |
| Jul 23, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 85 min | |
| Jul 23, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 21 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.