Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 2006, 8:51 AM CDT for Green County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 24 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
- Apr 16, 2006, 8:51 AM CDT (13:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2006, 9:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Green County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:55 AM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | Brodhead, WI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -335 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 404 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMKX 161352 SVRMKX WIC045-161415- /O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0018.060416T1351Z-060416T1415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 851 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 915 AM CDT * AT 847 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BRODHEAD...AND MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ALBANY AROUND 900 AM CDT... MONTICELLO AROUND 905 AM CDT... LAT...LON 4256 8961 4254 8937 4283 8936 4283 8961 $$ MBK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 161358 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 856 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 WIC045-161415- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060416T1415Z/ GREEN WI- 856 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM CDT FOR GREEN COUNTY... AT 851 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN ALBANY AND BRODHEAD...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL GREEN COUNTY AT 910 AM CDT LAT...LON 4256 8961 4254 8937 4283 8936 4283 8961 $$ MK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 161420 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 917 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 WIC045-161427- /O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-060416T1415Z/ GREEN WI- 917 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREEN COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 915 AM CDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN GREEN COUNTY HAS DIMINISHED TO BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST IN GREEN COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ALBANY AREA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. ALTHOUGH THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE CRITERIA...SOME SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. LAT...LON 4256 8961 4254 8937 4283 8936 4283 8961 $$ MK
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 Apr 16, 4:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 4:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 440 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 .DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS ON PRECIPITATION CHANCES TODAY...THEN TEMPERATURE TRENDS EARLY NEXT WEEK. WV/IR SATELLITE IMAGERY AT 08Z SHOWING A NICELY WOUND UP...BUT VERTICALLY STACKED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER FAR WRN IA. LOCAL RADARS SHOWING A BAND OF SHRWS AND TSTMS LIFTING NEWD INTO SWRN AND S-CENTRAL WI...WITH SEVERAL METARS IN FAR WRN CWA REPORTING OCCNL MOD RAIN. FURTHER EAST...LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION AROUND THE LOW CONTINUING TO PRODUCE A PERSISTENT SELY FLOW OFF THE LAKE...WITH MODEL SOUNDINGS (CONFIRMED BY ACARS DATA) INDICATING AN EXTREMELY DRY AIRMASS BELOW 800MB. THUS PRECIP ECHOES CONTINUING TO FALL APART AS THEY INTERACT WITH THIS VERY DRY AIR. THE MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE TODAY CONTINUES TO BE AREAL COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION. MODELS INDICATING STRONG UPPER LEVEL FORCING AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MORNING SHOWERS GRADUALLY WEAKENING AFTER 12Z SUN...AS UPPER LOW FILLS AND SHIFTS SEWD. THUS...FEEL THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHRWS AND TSTMS WILL BE OVR SRN AND SWRN PTNS OF CWA WHERE BEST COMBO OF MOISTURE/LIFT WILL OCCUR. FARTHER E/NE...BELIEVE THE DRY ELY FLOW OFF THE LAKE WILL CONTINUE HAVE A DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON PRECIP FORMATION. BOTTOM LINE...WENT CATEGORICAL POPS SWRN ZONES...AND GRADUALLY TAPERED POPS INTO THE HIGH CHANCE CATEGORY FAR NERN ZONES. MODELS STILL INDICATING MARGINAL ELEVATED INSTABILITY TODAY...SO WILL KEEP THUNDER IN FORECAST EXCEPT ACRS NERN COUNTIES. NO SEVERE WX IS ANTICIPATED. PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER AND SHWRS...ALONG WITH A STIFF EASTERLY BREEZE WITH KEEP CONDITIONS COOL AND DAMP THIS AFTN...GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE COOLER MAV TEMPS FOR HIGHS. AS MENTIONED ABOVE...UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND SHIFT SEWD TONIGHT...WITH SKIES GENERALLY BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER MIDNIGHT. HIGHLY AMPLIFIED UPR RIDGE THEN BUILDS OVR THE GREAT LAKES ON MON AND TUE. SFC HIGH OVER THE HUDSON BAY WILL PROVIDE A COOL ELY FLOW OFF THE LAKE...AND WILL KEEP DEWPOINTS ON THE LOW SIDE...WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME FIRE WX CONCERNS. TEMPS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 60S INLAND...WITH 40S/50S ALONG THE LAKE. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && FOWLE
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 4:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 400 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-170900- COLUMBIA-DANE-DODGE-FOND DU LAC-GREEN-GREEN LAKE-IOWA-JEFFERSON- KENOSHA-LAFAYETTE-MARQUETTE-MILWAUKEE-OZAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-SAUK- SHEBOYGAN-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAUKESHA- 400 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. LMZ643>646-665-170900- SHEBOYGAN TO WINTHROP HARBOR ILLINOIS- 400 AM CDT SUN APR 16 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND WAVES WILL INCREASE TO 3 TO 5 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY NIGHT. MBK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Sauk | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Iowa | 26 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.