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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 22, 2006Dane County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2006, 4:29 PM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2006, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2006, 4:50 PM CDT
In force: 21 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), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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: 56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1046 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 22, 2:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
240 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006

.DISCUSSION...
FORECAST FOCUS ON ACTIVE WEATHER WITH PERSISTENT WEATHER PATTERN.

IN THE SHORT TERM...ONGOING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS UNDER COLD
POOL OF -16C 500 MILLIBAR TEMPERATURES AIDED BY LATE ARRIVING LEFT
FRONT QUADRANT OF UPPER LEVEL JET OVER MINNESOTA TO LINGER OVER
CWA THIS EVENING. EXPECT ACTIVITY TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER
SUNSET AS AIR MASS STABILIZES.

IN THE LONG TERM...ATTENTION TURNS SUNDAY TO WEATHER SYSTEM
DESCENDING FROM SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA. NGM/GFS/WRF-NAM PROGS STILL
GENERATING INCREASING LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE FIELD OVER CWA AS
1000/850 MILLIBAR LAYER WIND FIELD TURNS TO SOUTHWEST WITH TIME
AND DECENT WARM AIR ADVECTION MOVES INTO REGION. DESPITE PROGS
LACK OF UPPER LEVEL TRIGGER AND SOMEWHAT STABLE AIR MASS...WILL
STILL KEEP MENTION OF CHANCY AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION
SUNDAY DUE TO PROGGED LOW LEVEL FIELDS.

IN THE LONG LONG TERM...WRF-NAM/GFS PROGS MAINTAIN NORTHWEST
UPPER FLOW WITH PARADE OF SHORT WAVES. MEANWHILE A GRADUAL TURNING
OF LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS FROM NORTHWEST TO WEST TO SOUTHWEST WITH
TIME WILL INCREASE HEAT AND MOISTURE. THUS PATTERN FORCES A
MENTION OF CHANCY PRECIPITATION VIRTUALLY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

&&

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

TZ

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 3:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
305 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-231100-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
305 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THE MAIN
THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

LMZ643>646-665-231100-
SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON-
PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE-
NORTH POINT LIGHTHOUSE TO WIND POINT-
WIND POINT TO WINTHROP HARBOR ILLINOIS-
WISCONSIN ADJACENT OPEN WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN TO MID LAKE-
305 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT
RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.

TZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 1:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
113 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006

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

1250 PM     HAIL             1 N SPRINGFIELD CORNERS 43.96N 89.50W
07/22/2006  E0.25 INCH       MARQUETTE          WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

DRH

Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:52 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 4:03 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:20 PM CDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
420 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006

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

0222 PM     HAIL             PARDEEVILLE             43.53N 89.30W
07/22/2006  E0.25 INCH       COLUMBIA           WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0250 PM     HAIL             REEDSBURG               43.53N 90.00W
07/22/2006  E1.00 INCH       SAUK               WI   PUBLIC

0250 PM     TSTM WND GST     REEDSBURG               43.53N 90.00W
07/22/2006  M63.00 MPH       SAUK               WI   PUBLIC

            TREE LIMBS DOWN.

0345 PM     HAIL             MILWAUKEE               43.06N 87.97W
07/22/2006  E0.25 INCH       MILWAUKEE          WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            97TH STREET BETWEEN OKLAHOMA AVE AND BELOIT RD.

&&

GD

Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:27 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
427 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006

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

0415 PM     HAIL             ARGYLE                  42.70N 89.87W
07/22/2006  E0.75 INCH       LAFAYETTE          WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

0415 PM     HAIL             SOUTH WAYNE             42.57N 89.88W
07/22/2006  E1.00 INCH       LAFAYETTE          WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

GD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 22, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Sauk	47 min
Jul 22, 3:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Sauk	50 min
Jul 22, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Iowa, Lafayette	56 min
Jul 22, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Lafayette	28 min
Jul 22, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Rock	29 min
Jul 22, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green Lake	38 min
Jul 22, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Milwaukee	58 min
Jul 22, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		38 min

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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.