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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2006, 12:55 AM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 80 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
- Aug 24, 2006, 12:55 AM CDT (05:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2006, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 80 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 05:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1396 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
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 Aug 23, 3:15 PM CDT, 9 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 3:15 PM CDT, 9 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 315 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 .DISCUSSION...FORECAST CONCERNS ON REPEATED BOUTS OF CONVECTION EXPECTED INTO FIRST DAYS OF EXTENDED PERIOD. BRIEF SUMMARY DUE TO ONGOING SEVERE THREAT. MANY FACTORS COMING TOGETHER ACRS SRN WI NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM NORTHERN CONVECTION GETTING STRENGTHENED BY LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARY ACRS CENTRAL INTO SERN CWA. ALREADY HAD ONE SVR ISSUED FOR KRAC AREA. INCRG LOW LVL CONV AS SWLY WNDS IN SWRN AREAS SHOWING WIND GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 KTS AND SPC MESOANAYLSIS SHOWING STRONG INCR IN LOW LEVEL CON ACRS CENTRAL AREAS. SB CAPE NOW EXCEEDING 3000 J/KG AND 3KM VGP AT 0.4. HENCE TOR WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 03Z. SB CONVECTION NOT AS LKLY IN NERN AREAS DUE TO COOLER ONSHORE FLOW BUT ELEVATED POTENTIAL STILL POSS. STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION AND WEAKER SECONDARY SHORT WAVE ALONG WITH AFTN INSTABILITY WL CONT TO TRIGGER SCT SVR CONVECTION INTO THE EVE. LOW LEVEL JET OF 20 TO 35 KTS THIS EVE EXPCD TO WKN AND SAG SWD DURING THE NGT...YET PERIOD OF ENHANCED SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT ASSOCD WITH RIGHT ENTRANCE RGN EXPCD LTR TNGT ALONG WITH UPSTREAM WEAK SHORT WAVE IN VCNTY OF ND/CAN SO WL CONT LKLY WORDING FOR WITH TREND TWD CHC POPS LT TNGT. GFS IN LTR PERIODS OF SHORT TERM SHOWING FAIRLY GOOD RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY BUT SOME CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK IN MID LEVELS. SHORT TERM GUIDANCE IN AGREEMENT ON BRIEF RESPITE FM SVR THREAT ON THU AS BEST INSTABILITY SAGS SWD BUT WL CONT SML POPS AS SFC FNT EXPCD TO BE IN VCNTY AND NAM BUFKIT SHOWING CAPES EXCEEDING 3000 JOULES THU AFTN. BOTH NAM-WRF AND GFS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH 35 TO 40 KT LLJ STRENGTHENING BAROCLINIC ZONE FRI NGT OVER SWRN INTO CENTRAL WI. HENCE WL CONT LKLY WORDING IN NORTH AND EVEN EXPAND ONE TIER SWD. YET ANOTHER STRONGER SHORT WAVE TO MOVE ACRS AREA ON SAT/SAT NGT. FOR EXTENDED PERIODS FROM SAT NGT THRU WED...STILL EXPECT POTENT SHORT WAVE TROF TO MOVE THRU REGION EARLY IN PERIOD. FAIR AGREEMENT IN ENSEMBLES SHOWING SHORT WAVE TROF MOVING THRU WITH UPSTREAM KICKER LONG WAVE TROF AMPLIFYING AS IT PUSHES INTO WEST COAST. POOR AGREEMENT IN MEMBERS FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK AS RIDGING BUILDS INTO UPPER MIDWEST AHEAD OF LONG WAVE TROF. GFS AND DGEX SHOWING MORE PUNCH WITH BACK DOOR CDFNT SLIPPING THRU GTLAKES MON NGT. STABILITY MINIMAL BUT MAY BE ENOUGH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE FOR -SHRA. WL CONT TO WATCH NEXT SEVERAL RUNS FOR TRENDS. 500MB GFS HEIGHT ANOMOLIES SHOW 50 TO 75 METER POSITIVE ANOMOLIES ACRS WRN GTLAKES ASSOCD WITH RIDGING BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && MBK
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 11:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1110 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-240915- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 1110 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM THURSDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. SCATTERED STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PARTS OF THE AREA TONIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER RISKS ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...HOWEVER AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS STILL POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SOME OF THESE MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. LMZ643>646-665-240915- 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- 1110 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM THURSDAY. SCATTERED STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL LIKELY TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. MBK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 23, 11:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1111 PM CDT WED AUG 23 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1035 PM HAIL 1 SW MIDDLETON 43.09N 89.52W
08/23/2006 M1.00 INCH DANE WI CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
DRHLocal storm report, Aug 23, 11:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 23, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 74 min |
| Aug 23, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Sauk | 59 min |
| Aug 23, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa | 58 min |
| Aug 23, 9:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Marquette | 64 min |
| Aug 23, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Sauk | 62 min |
| Aug 23, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa | 77 min |
| Aug 23, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 76 min |
| Aug 23, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Sauk | 52 min |
| Aug 23, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane | 62 min |
| Aug 23, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 47 min |
| Aug 24, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 70 min |
| Aug 24, 12:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette | 69 min |
| Aug 24, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Racine, Waukesha | 58 min |
| Aug 24, 1:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge | 80 min |
| Aug 24, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 90 min |
| Aug 24, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 19 min |
| Aug 24, 2:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 39 min |
| Aug 24, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 3:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Rock | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 3:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 50 min |
| Aug 24, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 49 min |
| Aug 24, 5:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 5:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 18 min |
| Aug 24, 9:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 13 min | |
| Aug 24, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 80 min |
| Aug 24, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Lafayette | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 2:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green | 31 min |
| Aug 24, 3:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 82 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.