Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 7, 2005, 2:31 PM CDT for Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 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
- Sep 7, 2005, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2005, 3:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sauk County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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.
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 nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 870 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS53 KMKX 071931
SVRMKX
WIC111-072030-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0142.050907T1931Z-050907T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
231 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 228 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LA VALLE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF
REEDSBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL NORTHERN SAUK COUNTY AROUND 250 PM CDT...
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4363 9029 4357 9028 4356 9018 4352 8981
4364 8980
$$
WOOD3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS53 KMKX 071945
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
244 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005
WIC111-072030-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-050907T2030Z/
SAUK WI-
244 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR SAUK COUNTY...
AT 244 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL
AND STRONG WINDS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF LA
VALLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
JUST WEST OF LAKE DELTON AT 300 PM CDT
LAT...LON 4363 9022 4358 9021 4356 9018 4352 8981
4364 8980
$$
KAPELA000
WWUS53 KMKX 071959
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
258 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005
WIC111-072030-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-050907T2030Z/
SAUK WI-
258 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR SAUK COUNTY...
AT 258 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL SAUK COUNTY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF
NEAR REEDSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
JUST WEST OF LAKE DELTON AT 315 PM CDT
OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FOUND OVER WESTERN SAUK COUNTY IN
THE LIME RIDGE TO HILL POINT AREA. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 25
MPH AND COULD BECOME SEVERE AS WELL. PEOPLE IN THE BARABOO TO HILL
POINT AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 4363 9010 4359 9008 4356 9014 4352 8981
4364 8980
$$
KAPELA000
WWUS53 KMKX 072003
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
302 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005
WIC111-072012-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0142.000000T0000Z-050907T2030Z/
SAUK WI-
302 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2005
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SAUK COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR SAUK COUNTY HAS DIMINISHED
IN STRENGTH AND IS NO LONGER SEVERE...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
SCATTTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SAUK
COUNTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
LAT...LON 4363 9010 4359 9008 4356 9014 4352 8981
4364 8980
$$
KAPELAWhat 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 Sep 7, 3:30 AM CDT, 11 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 3:30 AM CDT, 11 hours 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 330 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2005 .DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS ON PRECIPITATION CHANCES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SFC PRESSURE PATTERN REMAINS ON THE WEAK SIDE ACRS UPR MIDWEST TNGT. VRY SLOW MOVEMENT TO THE FRONT...THO MODELS TEND TO PUSH THIS BOUNDARY THROUGH TODAY. SOME CAPE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY BUT NOT CONVINCED THAT IT WILL BE AS GENEROUS AS NAM BUFFY SOUNDINGS INDICATE. NAM SHOWS ONLY A WEAK VORT LOBE FLOPPING ACRS FM IA THIS AFTN THO H7 VV A BIT MORE IMPRESSIVE. H8 CONVERGENCE...ALBEIT WEAK... DOES COINCIDE WITH TIME OF MAX HEATING TODAY. WILL MAINTAIN A LOW POP WITH THIS SCENARIO. FCST FOCUS SHIFTS TO LATER THU INTO THU NGT AS NAM/NGM SHOW REASONABLE LOOKING POTENT VORT COMING ACRS IN THE FLOW. GFS APPEARS TO BE SUFFERING FROM ITS USUAL CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS. H8 MOIST FLUX CONV OVERLAID WITH H2 UPR DVRG IMPLIES FAIRLY DEEP LIFT WITH THIS SYS. INSTAB DEPENDENT ON WHERE SFC FRONT SETS UP. GFS BRINGS FRONT BACK NORTH INTO CWA THU NGT WHILE NAM/NGM WELL SOUTH OF BORDER WITH FRONTAL POSITION. UKMET SHOWING A BIT OF A COMPROMISE POSN WITH BOUNDARY VCNTY SRN WI/NRN IL LATER THU/THU NGT. SPC KEYING ON LOCALES SOUTH AND WEST FOR HIGHEST SVR THREAT... THO GIVEN DYNAMICS FRONTAL POSN WILL BE KEY. FOR NOW WILL RAISE POPS TO LIKELY CAT. ADVERTISED WARMUP STILL ON TRACK FOR WEEKEND AND INTO ERLY NEXT WEEK AS UPR RDG BUILDS ACRS MIDWEST. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 7, 10:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1050 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2005 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-080945- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 1050 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. LMZ643>646-665-080945- SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE- NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE TO WIND POINT- WIND POINT TO WINTHROP HARBOR ILLINOIS- WISCONSIN ADJACENT OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN TO MID LAKE- 1050 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AN TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE WINDS TO NEAR 35 KNOTS. DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. HENTZ/REM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marquette | 23 min |
| Sep 7, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green Lake | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.