Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2005, 6:35 PM CDT for Waukesha County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 55 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
- May 6, 2005, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 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 062335 SVRMKX WIC133-070030- /O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0039.050506T2335Z-050507T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 635 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WAUKESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF OKAUCHEE LAKE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERTOWN...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OKAUCHEE LAKE AROUND 645 PM CDT... DELAFIELD AROUND 655 PM CDT... THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS LAT...LON 4318 8853 4307 8853 4299 8842 4311 8835 $$ GEHRING
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 062350 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 649 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005 WIC133-070030- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050507T0030Z/ WAUKESHA- 649 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL WAUKESHA COUNTY... AT 643 PM CDT...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN OCONOMOWOC. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OCONOMOWOC...OR ABOUT NEAR OKAUCHEE LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OCONOMOWOC LAKE BY 650 PM CDT NASHOTAH BY 655 PM CDT DELAFIELD BY 700 PM CDT WALES BY 710 PM CDT THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4313 8852 4305 8853 4298 8841 4307 8830 $$ GEHRING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 070003 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 702 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005 WIC133-070030- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050507T0030Z/ WAUKESHA- 702 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL WAUKESHA COUNTY... AT 702 PM CDT...A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL 1 MILE SOUTH OF DOUSMAN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DOUSMAN...OR ABOUT NEAR DELAFIELD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WALES BY 705 PM CDT GENESSEE AND GENESSEE DEPOT BY 715 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 4311 8843 4301 8852 4292 8837 4304 8830 $$ GEHRING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 070019 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 719 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005 WIC133-070030- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-050507T0030Z/ WAUKESHA- 719 PM CDT FRI MAY 6 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WAUKESHA COUNTY... AT 714 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN NORTH PRAIRIE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NORTH PRAIRIE AND GENESSEE...OR ABOUT NEAR WALES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL SOUTHEAST WAUKESHA COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 4299 8835 4291 8842 4285 8830 4293 8820 $$ GEHRING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 26 min |
| May 6, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington | 48 min |
| May 6, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 74 min |
| May 6, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 51 min |
| May 6, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 45 min |
| May 6, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 28 min |
| May 6, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 46 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
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.