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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 7, 2007Walworth County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2007, 10:31 PM CDT for Walworth County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 7, 2007, 10:31 PM CDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2007, 11:01 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Walworth County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 10:43 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGElkhorn, WIA COUPLE TREES DOWN IN ELKHORN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 2:41 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr
Jun 7, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2007-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1138 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2007-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1462 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 080331
SVRMKX
WIC127-080415-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0021.070608T0331Z-070608T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1031 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WALWORTH COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT

* AT 1029 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DELAVAN LAKE...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EAST TROY AND POTTER LAKE BY 1045 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4267 8875 4250 8875 4251 8833 4282 8832
      4282 8873

$$

MBK
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 080342
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1042 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

WIC127-080415-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070608T0415Z/
WALWORTH-
1042 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR WALWORTH COUNTY...

AT 1037 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ELKHORN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  POTTER LAKE BY 1050 PM CDT...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. IF A TORNADO
IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

LAT...LON 4267 8875 4250 8875 4251 8833 4282 8832
      4282 8873

$$

KAPELA
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 080352
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1051 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

WIC127-080415-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070608T0415Z/
WALWORTH-
1051 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR WALWORTH COUNTY...

AT 1050 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR EAST TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL EXIT WALWORTH COUNTY BY 1115 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4267 8875 4250 8875 4251 8833 4282 8832
      4282 8873

$$

KAPELA
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 080401
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1101 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

WIC127-080411-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070608T0415Z/
WALWORTH-
1101 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WALWORTH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE SEVERE STORM HAS MOVED EAST INTO RACINE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL 
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.

LAT...LON 4267 8875 4250 8875 4251 8833 4282 8832
      4282 8873

$$

KAPELA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 10:13 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX62 min
Jun 7, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXRacine34 min
Jun 7, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha39 min
Jun 7, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX61 min
Jun 8, 12:05 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.