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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2006, 2:43 PM CDT for Jefferson County, Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 20 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
- May 30, 2006, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2006, 3:03 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jefferson County, WI, Rock County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 1057 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1203 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMKX 301943 SVRMKX WIC055-105-302030- /O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0053.060530T1943Z-060530T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 243 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHEAST ROCK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN * UNTIL 330 PM CDT * AT 241 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 8 MILES SOUTH OF FORT ATKINSON...OR ABOUT NEAR MILTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FORT ATKINSON AROUND 315 PM CDT... JEFFERSON AROUND 330 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 4286 8900 4276 8888 4293 8863 4304 8883 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 301948 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 248 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 WIC055-105-302030- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-060530T2030Z/ ROCK WI-JEFFERSON WI- 248 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR JEFFERSON AND ROCK COUNTIES... AT 241 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT ATKINSON...OR ABOUT NEAR MILTON... MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FORT ATKINSON BY 255 PM CDT 8 MILES WEST OF HEBRON BY 305 PM CDT JEFFERSON BY 315 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 4286 8900 4279 8884 4297 8864 4304 8883 $$ GEHRING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 301956 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 256 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 WIC105-302006- /O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-060530T2030Z/ ROCK WI- 256 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ROCK COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM HAS EXITED ROCK COUNTY. LAT...LON 4286 8895 4285 8879 4297 8864 4303 8878 $$ WIC055-302030- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-060530T2030Z/ JEFFERSON WI- 256 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY... AT 249 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF FORT ATKINSON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL JEFFERSON COUNTY AT 310 PM CDT IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 4286 8895 4285 8879 4297 8864 4303 8878 $$ GEHRING
000 WWUS53 KMKX 302003 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 301 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 WIC055-302011- /O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-060530T2030Z/ JEFFERSON WI- 301 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM NEAR FORT ATKINSON HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LEVELS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH 4 PM. LAT...LON 4286 8895 4285 8879 4297 8864 4303 8878 $$ GEHRING
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 May 30, 2:30 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 30, 2:30 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 230 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 .DISCUSSION...SHORT TERM FORECAST FOCUS ON HEAVY RAINFALL TNGT INTO WED WITH CHC RETURNING LTR IN WEEK. VERY TROPICAL AIR MASS WITH GOES PW SOUNDER ESTIMATING VALUES OF 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES WHICH IS CLOSING IN ON 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL. FIRST MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTEX GENERATED BY LAST NIGHTS IA CONVECTION TRIGGERED SCATTERED MORNING AND EARLY AFTN STORMS WHICH DEPOSITED AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES AROUND SHEBOYGAN AND WEST OF MINERAL POINT. STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN KMRJ WITH HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL ESTIMATES APPEAR IN BALL PARK AS NOT A LOT OF HAIL REPORTED. WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY FM SWRN WI INTO THE NE EXPCD TO SAG SLOWLY SWD NEXT 12 HOURS...SETTING UP LOW LEVEL BAROCLINICITY ACRS SRN WI. MOST IMPORTANT...SECOND MCV DEPICTED VERY WELL BY VSBL SAT IMAGERY JUST SOUTH OF KMLI WL BE PUSHING NEWD ACRS SRN WI THRU TNGT. CONVECTION ALREADY BEGINNING TO REFIRE ASSOCD WITH THIS FEATURE OVR ERN IA. FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE VALUES FM NCRFC STILL ON HIGH SIDE BUT WITH MBE VELOCITY LESS THAN 10 KNOTS IN PARTS OF CWA...CAN NOT IGNORE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. WOULD LIKE TO SEE BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FLUX CONVERGENCE BUT 925MB WINDS NOW FM THE SOUTH AT 15 KTS FUNNELING INTO SRN WI. HENCE ENUF TO WARRANT ISSUING FLASH FLOOD WATCH BEGINNING LATE AFTN CONTG THRU TNGT FOR ENTIRE AREA. DEFORMATION ZONE PRECIP CONTINUES INTO WED MRNG BFR TAPERING OFF AS DRIER AIR PUSHES IN FROM THE NORTH...WITH WK SUBSIDENCE SETTLING IN FOR WED NGT...WL RMV LOW POPS. WEAK SECONDARY SHORT WAVE TROF IN NORTHWEST FLOW STILL MAY BRING SOME CONVECTION IN LATR THU INTO THU NGT. BETTER AGREEMENT IN EXTENDED GUIDANCE FOR THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...HWVR STILL QUITE A BIT OF DIFFERENCE IN ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ON 6/4. EMCWF...UKMT AND GFS NOW SHOWING MORE POTENT SHORT WAVE TROF MOVING THRU SUN/SUN NGT TIME FRAME. GFS TRYING TO PULL CDFNT THRU WHILE ECWMF MAINTAINING MORE OF AN ORGANIZING WMFNT ACRS UPR MIDWEST. UKMT LEANING TWD GFS SCENARIO...SO STILL ALOT OF UNCERTAINTY ON NUANCES OF WEEKEND FORECAST...BUT ENUF CONFIDENCE TO WARRENT ADDING SML POPS IN BEGINNING SAT NGT INTO SUN NGT. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH LATE AFTN/TNGT ENTIRE CWA. && MBK
Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 11:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1145 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-311100- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 1145 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY...DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LMZ643>646-665-311100- 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- 1145 AM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY WEDNESDAY...DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. COLLAR
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 30, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
100 PM CDT TUE MAY 30 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1245 PM HAIL OAK CREEK 42.88N 87.90W
05/30/2006 E0.88 INCH MILWAUKEE WI AMATEUR RADIO
ESTIMATED NICKEL SIZE HAIL 1/4 MILE NORTHEAST OF OAK
CREEK.
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WOODThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 11:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Sheboygan | 114 min |
| May 30, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Racine | 47 min |
| May 30, 2:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green Lake and 14 more | 17 hr |
| May 30, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Racine | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.