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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 10, 2005Columbia County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT for Columbia County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 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 10, 2005, 10:00 PM CDT (03:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2005, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Columbia County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 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 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 141 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 883 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1006 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 110300
SVRMKX
WIC021-110330-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0090.050611T0300Z-050611T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1000 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 958 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  PARDEEVILLE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF PORTAGE...AND MOVING NORTH
  AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  FRIESLAND AROUND 1010 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 4344 8935 4342 8911 4363 8906 4364 8931

$$

WOOD

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 110315
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1015 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

WIC021-110330-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-050611T0330Z/
COLUMBIA-
1015 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
COLUMBIA COUNTY...

AT 1011 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 NEAR CAMBRIA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF PORTAGE...MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...

  RURAL PORTIONS OF NORTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY BY 1020 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 4344 8935 4342 8911 4363 8906 4364 8931

$$

WOOD

000 
WWUS53 KMKX 110330
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1030 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

WIC021-110339-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-050611T0330Z/
COLUMBIA-
1030 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY EXPIRES AT
1030 PM CDT...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR COLUMBIA 
COUNTY HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR 
COLUMBIA COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4344 8935 4342 8911 4363 8906 4364 8931

$$

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 10, 3:10 PM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 3:10 PM CDT, 6 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
310 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

.DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS ON PRECIP THREAT IN WARM...UNSTABLE
SOUTHWEST FLOW.  PREFER GFS SOLUTION AS COMPARISON OF LAST SEVERAL
RUNS SHOWING MUCH BETTER CONSISTENCY OVER NAM IN REGARDS TO BOTH
SURFACE AND MID LEVEL SYNOPTIC FEATURES.  OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM
EARLY MORNING CONVECTION HAS SET OFF SCATTERED THUNDER OVER WESTERN
COUNTY WARNING AREA LAST SEVERAL HOURS.  TROPICAL AIR MASS HAS
BROUGHT TWO TO THREE INCH RAINFALLS IN PARTS OF SAUK COUNTY...BUT NO
FLOODING REPORTED YET.  BULK SHEAR IN THIS AREA WAS MARGINAL IN THE
20 TO 30KT RANGE...BUT LATEST INFORMATION FROM SPC HOURLY MESO PAGE
SHOWING SHEAR HAS DMSHED LAST SEVERAL HOURS.  ALSO NOTICE HOW LOW 70
DEWPTS HAVE MIXED IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 60S LAST HOUR OR SO
KNOCKING CAPE DOWN A BIT.  MLCAPES STILL 2000 TO 2500 J/KG IN WEST.
SMALL AREA OF ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE WITH LOWER CONDENSATION PRESSURE
DEFICITS OVER THE WESTERN CWA THIS EVENING WITH WEAK DIFFERENTIAL
THETA-E ADVECTION.  HENCE WL CONT TO MENTION SCT WORDING IN MY WEST
THIS EVE WHILE ONLY A CHANCE IN THE EAST.  ISOLD CONVECTION IN NERN
FOND DU LAC COUNTY ALONG LAKE BREEZE HAS JUST DEVELOPED.  WIND
PROFILER NETWORK ALSO INDICATING PSBL SHORT WAVE TROF IN NRN MO
WHICH MAY AFFECT SRN WI DURING THE NIGHT.

FOCUS ON SATURDAY ON VIGOROUS S/W NOW IN ERN NM WHICH WEAKENS AND
TRACKS NORTHEAST TNGT AND SATURDAY.  BOTH NAM AND GFS SHOWING
COUPLED JET PASSING ACRS WRN WI/ERN MN AREA SAT AFTN.  700-500 MID
LEVEL JETLET ALSO FOCUSED IN THIS AREA AS WELL.  HWVR DEWPTS
FLUCTATING FM MID 60S TO LWR 70S WILL CONT TO RESULT IN UNSTABLE AIR
MASS ACROSS AREA DURING THE WEEKDAY AFTN PD...HENCE NEED TO CONTINUE
SML POPS THRU THE WEEKEND.  BEST SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING IN SRN WI
EXPCD LATER MON INTO MON NGT AS WRN SHORT WAVE TROF FINALL EJECTS
ACROSS UPR MIDWEST.  HENCE BEST THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD SVR WX IN THIS
PD.

GFS LONG RANGE SLOWER WITH NRN PLAINS SHORT WAVE TROF NEXT TUE AND
WED...MORE IN AGREEMENT WITH ECWMF AND CANADIAN SOLUTIONS.  DGEX
MUCH WEAKER DESPITE GOOD AGREEMENT IN GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS.  HENCE
FAVOR MORE AMPLIFIED SOLUTION WITH SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING LINGERING
AND ADD PRECIP THREAT INTO TUE NIGHT AND DURING PEAK HEATING HOURS
OF WED.  6 TO 10 DAY 500MB HEIGHT ANOMOLY CONTINUING TO SHOW RIDGING
OVER NATIONS MIDSECTION WITH TROFING BOTH UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM.
HENCE PENDING ANY BACKDOOR TYPE FRONTS...LATER NEXT WEEK EXPCD TO BE
DRY PD WITH SEASONAL TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

&&

.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

MBK

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 5:00 AM CDT, 17 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
500 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-111000-
COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON-
KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK-
SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA-
500 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. THE MAIN
THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

&&

DETAILED WEATHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE NWS MILWAUKEE
WEB-PAGE...WEATHER.GOV/MILWAUKEE     /LOWER CASE/

LMZ643>646-665-111000-
SHEBOYGAN WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR ILLINOIS
500 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 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
AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY. THE MAIN
THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

&&

DETAILED WEATHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE NWS MILWAUKEE
WEB-PAGE...WEATHER.GOV/MILWAUKEE     /LOWER CASE/

TZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
807 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0757 PM     HAIL             OAKFIELD                43.68N 88.55W
06/10/2005  0.25 INCH        FOND DU LAC        WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

DRH

Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
813 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0805 PM     TSTM WND GST     OAKFIELD                43.68N 88.55W
06/10/2005  51 MPH           FOND DU LAC        WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DRH

Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
819 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SSW FITCHBURG         42.97N 89.43W
06/10/2005                   DANE               WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN.

&&

DRH

Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
825 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0720 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MADISON                 43.08N 89.39W
06/10/2005                   DANE               WI   PUBLIC

            NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS DOWN ALONG MIDVALE BLVD. ON THE WEST
            SIDE OF THE CITY....MINOR STREET FLOODING AT THE CORNER
            OF SEGOE RD AND MIDVALE BLVD.

&&

DRH

Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
837 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0822 PM     HAIL             POYNETTE                43.39N 89.41W
06/10/2005  0.88 INCH        COLUMBIA           WI   PUBLIC

&&

DRH

Local storm report, Jun 10, 9:35 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
935 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     TSTM WND DMG     HORICON                 43.44N 88.64W
06/10/2005                   DODGE              WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MULTIPLE TREES DOWN BETWEEN THE CITIES OF HORICON AND
            MAYVILLE.

&&

DRH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane	34 min
Jun 10, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge	24 min
Jun 10, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia	46 min
Jun 11, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Walworth	23 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2005 Every 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.