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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2006, 10:38 PM CDT for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 2, 2006, 10:38 PM CDT (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2006, 11:13 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sheboygan County, WI
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 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 890 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KMKX 030338 SVRMKX WIC117-030415- /O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0055.060603T0338Z-060603T0415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1038 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SHEBOYGAN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN * UNTIL 1115 PM CDT * AT 1034 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHEBOYGAN FALLS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SHEBOYGAN AROUND 1050 PM CDT... LAT...LON 4388 8796 4377 8801 4354 8754 4382 8742 $$ MBK
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KMKX 030352 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1051 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006 WIC117-030415- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-060603T0415Z/ SHEBOYGAN WI- 1051 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR SHEBOYGAN COUNTY... AT 1047 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KOHLER AND SHEBOYGAN FALLS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE KOHLER...SHEBOYGAN FALLS AND SHEBOYGAN AREAS THROUGH 1115 PM. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 4388 8796 4377 8801 4349 8761 4382 8742 $$ MBK
000 WWUS53 KMKX 030413 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1113 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006 WIC117-030423- /O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-060603T0415Z/ SHEBOYGAN WI- 1113 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHEBOYGAN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED. HENCE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHEBOYGAN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4388 8796 4377 8801 4354 8754 4382 8742 $$ MBK
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 2, 1:55 PM CDT, 8 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 1:55 PM CDT, 8 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 155 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006 .DISCUSSION...MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE SCATTERED/ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY DEPICTING WEAK VORT IN THE DOOR COUNTY VICINITY WITH UPPER TROF AXIS. SECOND TROF AXIS IS OVER EASTERN GREAT LAKES. DECENT COLD POOL ALOFT OVER THE AREA...WITH 500MB TEMPS IN THE -17 TO -18C RANGE. RUC FORECAST MODEL SOUNDINGS BRING SFC BASED CAPE VALUES AROUND 1200 J/KG WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MID 50S. LAPSE RATES AROUND 8 C BELOW 550 MB...APPROACHING 10C NEAR THE SURFACE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NOW FORMING. INITIALLY LAKE BREEZE AREAS ARE SUPPRESSING MOIST CONVECTION. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE...BUT WITH NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...SHOWERS WILL DRIFT INTO LAKE SHORE COUNTIES. DESPITE MARGINAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...WET BULB ZERO HEIGHTS OF ONLY 7.5 THSD FT COULD SUPPORT SOME ISOLATED HAIL. AFTER THE LOSS OF AFTERNOON HEATING...SCATTERED SHOWERS/ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH...ESPECIALLY WEST OF UPPER TROF AXIS. ETA HAS TROF TOO BROAD AND TOO FAR EAST. PREFER RUC. SATURDAY IS SIMILAR...WITH STEEP LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES BUT WEAK WIND FIELDS AND LITTLE FORCING. ALSO CAP DEVELOPS AROUND 10 THSD FT...SO EXPECT MAINLY TCU. MODELS ROTATE A WEAK SHORTWAVE AROUND UPPER LOW OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. WILL KEEP THE DRY FORECAST WITH THIS FEATURE DUE TO DEVELOPING MID LEVEL INVERSION/CAP...AND VERY DRY MID LEVELS. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND HOLDS FOR MONDAY. NEXT SHORTWAVE MORE TOWARD WEDNESDAY ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA IN A MORE ZONAL FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER. SOME LIMITED RETURN MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN SOUTH LOW LEVEL FLOW. HOWEVER GFS STILL HAS A MORE WESTERLY FLOW FROM SHORTWAVE AND LOW NEAR JAMES BAY. && .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && HENTZ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 6:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 635 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-031100- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 635 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AND ALL BUT FAR WESTERN SECTIONS ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. LMZ643>646-665-031100- 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- 635 PM CDT FRI JUN 2 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. MBK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:43 PM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
543 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM HAIL 1 W TWIN LAKES 42.52N 88.28W
06/02/2006 E0.25 INCH KENOSHA WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
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DRHLocal storm report, Jun 2, 6:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
612 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 PM HAIL 3 SE BEAVER DAM 43.43N 88.79W
06/02/2006 E0.75 INCH DODGE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON THOMPSON ROAD.
&&
DRHLocal storm report, Jun 2, 6:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
613 PM CDT FRI JUN 02 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0140 PM HAIL 6 NW RIPON 43.91N 88.93W
06/02/2006 E0.25 INCH GREEN LAKE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
0247 PM HAIL MADISON 43.08N 89.39W
06/02/2006 E0.50 INCH DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0247 PM HAIL MADISON 43.08N 89.39W
06/02/2006 E0.25 INCH DANE WI PUBLIC
REPORTED JUST WEST OF TRUAX FIELD.
0305 PM HAIL BURNETT 43.50N 88.71W
06/02/2006 E0.25 INCH DODGE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0305 PM HAIL BEAVER DAM 43.46N 88.84W
06/02/2006 E0.25 INCH DODGE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0310 PM HAIL 3 SE BEAVER DAM 43.43N 88.79W
06/02/2006 E0.75 INCH DODGE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON THOMPSON ROAD.
0340 PM HAIL 3 S JUNEAU 43.36N 88.70W
06/02/2006 M0.25 INCH DODGE WI STORM CHASER
30 MPH ESTIMATED WINDS WITH THE STORM.
0345 PM HAIL 1 N WATERTOWN 43.21N 88.72W
06/02/2006 E0.25 INCH DODGE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0355 PM HAIL 1 W WATERTOWN 43.19N 88.74W
06/02/2006 M0.25 INCH JEFFERSON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL LASTED 3 MINUTES.
0358 PM HAIL PLYMOUTH 43.75N 87.97W
06/02/2006 E0.25 INCH SHEBOYGAN WI TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED AT HIGHWAY 23 AND COUNTY ROAD C.
0540 PM HAIL 1 W TWIN LAKES 42.52N 88.28W
06/02/2006 E0.25 INCH KENOSHA WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
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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.