Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2005, 6:08 PM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2005, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2005, 6:47 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Dane County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:43 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Cambridge, WI | TREES DOWN ALONG MAIN STREET. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 35 minutes after it went out.
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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 1102 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMKX 262308 SVRMKX WIC025-262345- /O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0095.050626T2308Z-050626T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 608 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 645 PM CDT * AT 604 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STOUGHTON...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CAMBRIDGE AROUND 625 PM CDT... DEERFIELD AROUND 630 PM CDT... COTTAGE GROVE AROUND 635 PM CDT... MARSHALL AND SUN PRAIRIE AROUND 645 PM CDT... 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 4285 8931 4284 8901 4322 8901 4322 8925 $$ HENTZ
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 262327 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 625 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005 WIC025-262345- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-050626T2345Z/ DANE- 625 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR DANE COUNTY... AT 622 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR UTICA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF STOUGHTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ROCKDALE BY 630 PM CDT... CAMBRIDGE AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COTTAGE GROVE BY 635 PM CDT... DEERFIELD BY 640 PM CDT... 8 MILES SOUTH OF MARSHALL...8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DELAVAN AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEANSVILLE BY 645 PM CDT... LAT...LON 4285 8931 4284 8901 4322 8901 4322 8925 $$ HANSING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 262347 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 645 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005 WIC025-262355- /O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-050626T2345Z/ DANE- 645 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR DANE COUNTY HAS WEAKENED. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DANE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 4285 8931 4284 8901 4322 8901 4322 8925 $$ HANSING
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 26, 2:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 2:30 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 230 PM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005 .DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS IS ON HEAT AND HUMIDITY AND THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL NEAR AND SHORT TERM...WITH TIMING OF COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS IN LONG TERM. .NEAR TERM (TONIGHT)... EXPECT EVENING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK SHORT WAVE AND LEFTOVER OUTFLOW FROM MORNING CONVECTION...BUT LITTLE OR NO PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT DUE TO LACK OF FORCING AVAILABLE. .SHORT TERM (MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... HEAT AND HUMIDITY FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH STORMS FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE SHORT TERM. TIMING OF LIFT IS PROBLEMATIC AT BEST. BEST LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS TIED TO WARM FRONT AND SHORT WAVES THAT ENHANCE THE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND REMOVE ANY CAPPING. AT THIS POINT...NO SIMPLE WAY TO DETERMINE WHEN THESE FACTORS WILL BE PHASING TOGETHER GIVEN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW REGIME AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES THAT PROVIDE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP. SO WILL GO WITH NOMINAL POPS FOR MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WILL INCREASE POPS FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS DYNAMICS ARE MORE READILY APPARENT WITH COLD FRONT...STRONG SHORT WAVE AND UPPER/LOW LEVEL JET INTERACTIONS MORE LIKELY. .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS RETURN FOR SATURDAY WITH PRECIPITATION CHANCES INCREASING FOR SUNDAY. WILL KEEP LOW POPS IN FOR THURSDAY AS SHORT WAVE MOVES THROUGH DURING THE DAY. THEN DRY THEREAFTER. RELATIVELY FAST MOVING ZONAL FLOW FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS KEEPING SYSTEMS ON THE MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND GREAT LAKES FOR THE LONG TERM PERIOD. THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT AND ARE USED FOR THIS DISCUSSION. TIMING OF COLD FRONT WITH COOLER/DRIER CONDITIONS IS MAIN CHALLENGE AT THIS POINT. COLD FRONT THROUGH CWA THURSDAY MORNING WITH END TO PRECIPITATION THURSDAY WITH DRIER AND COOLER CONDITIONS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. RETURN FLOW BECOMES REESTABLISHED SATURDAY WITH INCREASE IN HEAT AND HUMIDITY FOR SUNDAY ON THE BACKSIDE OF SURFACE HIGH. WITH INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE IN PLACE WITH FAST MOVING SHORT WAVES...LOW PROBABILITIES ARE WISE FOR SUNDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && EISE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 5:00 AM CDT, 13 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 500 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-271000- 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 SUN JUN 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...BUT SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S AND HIGH HUMIDITY...WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 95 DEGREES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ROUGHLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MINERAL POINT...TO POYNETTE...TO RIPON. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. HOT TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S MONDAY ALONG WITH HUMID CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 95 AND 100 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON. ON TUESDAY HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S AND MUGGY CONDITIONS...WILL RESULT IN HEAT INDEX READINGS AROUND 95 DEGREES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. && DETAILED WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE NWS MILWAUKEE WEB-PAGE...WEATHER.GOV/MILWAUKEE /LOWER CASE/ LMZ643>646-665-271000- SHEBOYGAN WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR ILLINOIS 500 AM CDT SUN JUN 26 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WISCONSIN NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS...BUT SOME SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 35 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. && DETAILED WEATHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE NWS MILWAUKEE WEB-PAGE...WEATHER.GOV/MILWAUKEE /LOWER CASE/ ZAJDEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Rock | 33 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.