Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2005, 2:26 PM CDT for Green Lake County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 7 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
- Jun 4, 2005, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2005, 2:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Green Lake County, WI
The radar
The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 633 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 041926 SVRMKX WIC047-041930- /O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0064.050604T1926Z-050604T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 226 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GREEN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 230 PM CDT * AT 220 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF BERLIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 4399 8924 4386 8907 4424 8847 4441 8870 $$ REM
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KMKX 041933 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 232 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIC047-041942- /O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0064.000000T0000Z-050604T1930Z/ GREEN LAKE- 232 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREEN LAKE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 230 PM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR GREEN LAKE COUNTY HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREEN LAKE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. LAT...LON 4399 8924 4386 8907 4424 8847 4441 8870 $$ WOOD
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 Jun 4, 3:09 AM CDT, 11 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:09 AM CDT, 11 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 309 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 .DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS PRECIPITATION CHANCES TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH SYNOPTIC SITUATION NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...ALTHOUGH GFS TENDS TO BE A BIT SLOWER WITH SHORT WAVES AND ALSO SLOWER WITH PRECIPITATION. MODELS ARE VERY UNSTABLE TODAY... MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND EVEN MORE UNSTABLE SUNDAY. CAPES TODAY SHOULD BE BETWEEN 1-2K...AND 2-4K SUNDAY. THERE IS 700 OMEGA BOTH TODAY AND SUNDAY WITH Q AND SURFACE MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. LI/S BOTH DAYS BETWEEN -7 AND -8. A NEG TILTED SHORT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO DRIVE AREA CONVECTION IN IOWA INTO WISCONSIN LATER THIS MORNING...WHILE ANOTHER SHORT WAVE APPROACHES WESTERN CWA SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NO MID LEVEL CAP INDICATED. IN ADDITION A DRY SLOT IS EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WEATHER SETTLES DOWN A BIT FOR MONDAY WITH DRIER AND A BIT COOLER AIR FILTERING INTO REGION WITH LITTLE OR NO UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS. HOWEVER...SURFACE TROUGH REDEVELOPS IN PLAINS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOMEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. LLJ INCREASES INTO WISCONSIN WITH ANOTHER SHORT WAVE FOR TUESDAY. MODELS INDICATE A POSSIBLE MCC DEVELOPING ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARY MONDAY NIGHT. WILL STAY CLOSE TO FWC/MAV GUIDANCE NEXT SEVERAL PERIODS. .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 4:40 AM CDT, 9 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 440 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-051000- COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON- KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK- SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA- 440 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG WILL THIN AND DISSIPATE THIS MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. HOWEVER THERE IS A CHANCE MORE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...WITH A RISK OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && DETAILED WEATHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE NWS MILWAUKEE WEB-PAGE...WEATHER.GOV/MILWAUKEE /LOWER CASE/ LMZ643>646-665-051000- SHEBOYGAN WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL 440 AM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WISCONSIN NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AREAS OF FOG WILL THIN AND DISSIPATE THIS MORNING. THE FOG MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE MILE FOR A TIME. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED WATER SPOUT CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED ON SUNDAY DUE TO STRONG SOUTH WINDS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. && DETAILED WEATHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE NWS MILWAUKEE WEB-PAGE... WEATHER.GOV/MILWAUKEE /LOWER CASE/ MBK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 4, 12:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1244 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1235 PM TSTM WND GST BRODHEAD 42.62N 89.38W
06/04/2005 50 MPH GREEN WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIND GUSTS AROUND OR GREATER
THAN 50 MPH.
&&
BORGHOFFSpecial weather statement, Jun 4, 12:57 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1257 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-041900- COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON- KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK- SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA- 1257 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... A LINE OF STORMS FROM BRODHEAD TO JANESVILLE TO BELOIT WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO STOUGHTON AND MILTON BY 115 PM CDT...AND INTO LAKE MILLS...JEFFERSON...FORT ATKINSON...DELAVAN...ELKHORN AND LAKE GENEVA BETWEEN 130 PM AND 200 PM CDT. STRONG GUSTY WINDS BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. EISE
Local storm report, Jun 4, 1:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
107 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0103 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W JANESVILLE 42.68N 89.11W
06/04/2005 ROCK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE LARGE TREE DOWN.
0105 PM TSTM WND DMG EVANSVILLE 42.78N 89.30W
06/04/2005 ROCK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE LARGE TREES DOWN.
&&
BORGHOFF/GDLocal storm report, Jun 4, 1:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
125 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0120 PM TSTM WND DMG ALBION 42.88N 89.07W
06/04/2005 DANE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
A UTILITY POLE FELL ONTO A HOUSE. TREES DOWN.
&&
BORGHOFF/GDLocal storm report, Jun 4, 1:30 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
130 PM CDT SAT JUN 04 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0127 PM TSTM WND GST E JEFFERSON 43.01N 88.81W
06/04/2005 55 MPH JEFFERSON WI AMATEUR RADIO
&&
BORGHOFF/GDSpecial weather statement, Jun 4, 2:16 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 216 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-042000- COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON- KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK- SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA- 216 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...EXTENDING FROM NEAR FOX LAKE...TO NEAR OCONOMOWOC...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT A FOND DU LAC...TO WEST BEND LINE BY 300 PM CDT. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO SHEBOYGAN AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WOOD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 2:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 63 min | |
| Jun 4, 2:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 92 min | |
| Jun 4, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Washington | 45 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.