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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 19, 2005Green County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2005, 2:40 PM CDT for Green County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 50 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 19, 2005, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2005, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Green County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2005-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2005-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
996 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 191940
SVRMKX
WIC045-192030-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0049.050519T1940Z-050519T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
240 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 330 PM CDT

* AT 234 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF MONTICELLO...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MONROE...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW GLARUS AROUND 255 PM CDT...
  MONTICELLO AROUND 300 PM CDT...
  ALBANY AROUND 320 PM CDT...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4282 8981 4262 8982 4262 8939 4282 8941

$$

MK/WOOD
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 191944
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
244 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

WIC045-192030-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050519T2030Z/
GREEN-
244 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL GREEN COUNTY...

AT 242 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTICELLO...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF
MONROE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MONTICELLO BY 250 PM CDT...
  ALBANY BY 310 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4282 8981 4262 8982 4262 8939 4282 8941

$$
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 191957
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
257 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

WIC045-192030-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050519T2030Z/
GREEN-
257 PM CDT THU MAY 19 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL GREEN COUNTY...

AT 255 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MONTICELLO...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONROE...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ALBANY BY 310 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4282 8981 4262 8982 4262 8939 4282 8941

$$
NJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green35 min
May 19, 2:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXGreen, Rock32 min
May 19, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane39 min
May 19, 2:59 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXRock31 min
May 19, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXRock, Walworth36 min
May 19, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Rock46 min
May 19, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane44 min
May 19, 3:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXRock27 min
May 19, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia57 min
May 19, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXDane, Jefferson33 min
May 19, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMarquette38 min
May 19, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane64 min
May 19, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Rock55 min
May 19, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Jefferson44 min
May 19, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXRock38 min
May 19, 5:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen30 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.