Alert archive / Wisconsin / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2008, 11:09 PM CDT for Columbia County, Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 7, 2008, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2008, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dodge County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 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 flash flood 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, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KMKX 080413
FFWMKX
WIC021-027-080715-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FF.W.0017.080608T0409Z-080608T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1109 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 215 AM CDT
* AT 1107 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING CONTINUING OVER THE PORTAGE AND COLUMBUS AREAS IN COLUMBIA
COUNTIES...AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF DODGE COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HORICON
RAWS...ATWATER...ASTICO...FRIESLAND AND FOX LAKE.
HOMES WERE EVACUATED IN PORTAGE DUE TO FLOODED BASEMENTS. A
BASEMENT WALL ALSO COLLAPSED IN PORTAGE. EXTENSIVE FLOODING WAS
ALSO REPORTED IN COLUMBUS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4365 8924 4363 8906 4364 8888 4359 8874
4356 8839 4337 8840 4337 8842 4320 8842
4323 8901 4328 8901 4329 8962
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 180DEG 0KT 4354 8879
$$
MBKWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 flash flood warning went out at Jun 7, 6:09 PM CDT, 5 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 6:09 PM CDT, 5 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
609 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008
.UPDATE...HAVE EXPANDED FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE REMAINDER OF
CWA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL UP TO 2.5 INCHES WITH THE LATE AFTERNOON
COMPLEX HAS CAUSED FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE TO LOWER ACROSS NORTHERN
TIER OF CWA. EXPECTING ADDITIONAL SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS LATER
TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 239 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008/
DISCUSSION...FORECAST FOCUS ON VERY WET AND UNSETTLED PERIOD FOR
THE WEEKEND.
SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...VERY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN
AS MANY SEVERE WEATHER AND FLASH FLOODING PARAMETERS COMING
TOGETHER ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. AFTER SEVERE EPISODE THIS
EVENING...ATTENTION TURNS TO FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY. VERY JUICY AIRMASS WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES NOW
BETWEEN 1.75 AND 2 INCHES...WILL BE RESIDE OVER AREA ALONG WITH
MODERATE TO EXCELLENT PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCIES. BUT BIGGEST
CHANGE IS THE VERY CLOSE AGREEMENT OF PROGS THAT SETS UP A LONG
PERIOD THAT SEES THE NOSE OF THE LOW LEVEL JET POINT INTO THE CWA
THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY WITH A 40 TO 50 KNOT CORE. EXPECTING A
SERIES OF STORMS TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN IOWA AND PROPAGATE INTO
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN ON THE NOSE OF THIS JET. CORFIDI VECTORS VERY
FAVORABLE TO INDICATE THAT EXTENSIVE BACK BUILDING OF STORMS WILL
LEAD TO TRAINING ECHOES OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. HAVE ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN ZONES WHICH HAVE SEEN DECENT RAINS DURING THE
PAST COUPLE OF DAYS WHERE FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS LOW.
LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PROGRESSIVE WEATHER PATTERN
CONTINUES AS UPPER FEATURES REFLECT LARGE HIGH OVER THE SOUTHERN
U.S. WHILE ACTIVE JET STREAM ESTABLISHED OVER THE NORTHERN TIER OF
STATES. THERE ARE HINTS OF BRIEF BREAKS IN PRECIPITATION PATTERN.
BUT CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW AT THE MOMENT TO FORECAST A DRY PERIOD
OF ANY LENGTH. WILL JUST KEEP MODIFYING RAIN CHANCES FOR NOW. KEPT
TEMPERATURES ON WARM SIDE OF GUIDANCE AS PENETRATION OF COOL
AIR MASSES SHALLOW AT BEST.
AVIATION...MOIST UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO REMAIN IN PLACE OVER
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. SEVERAL PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW
SEVERE...WILL PUSH ACROSS REGION. OTHER THAN BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS
IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 12Z
SUNDAY. SOUTH SURFACE WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
KNOTS WILL DECREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
&&
.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR WIZ046-047-051-052-
056>060-062>072.
LM...NONE.
&&
SHORT/LONG TERM...17
AVIATION/MARINE...17Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 5:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 555 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-081215- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 555 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT OVER ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THE FOX RIVER AT NEW MUNSTER WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT TONIGHT OVER ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF RIVERS...STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT SUNDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF RIVERS...STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS. A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN POSSIBLE EACH DAY FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE FOX RIVER AT NEW MUNSTER WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE MINOR FLOODING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. LMZ643>646-081215- SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 555 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND AND WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN POSSIBLE EACH DAY FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TZ WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 7, 9:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
938 PM CDT SAT JUN 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW LA VALLE 43.60N 90.16W
06/07/2008 SAUK WI TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE LIMBS REPORTED DOWN WITH EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN. TIME
WAS APPROXIMATED.
0138 PM TSTM WND GST 6 ENE REEDSBURG 43.57N 89.89W
06/07/2008 E55.00 MPH SAUK WI AMATEUR RADIO
ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND SOME MINOR
STREET FLOODING.
0140 PM TSTM WND GST REEDSBURG 43.53N 90.00W
06/07/2008 M48.00 MPH SAUK WI MESONET
MEASURED AT REEDSBURG HIGH SCHOOL
0141 PM TSTM WND DMG REEDSBURG 43.53N 90.00W
06/07/2008 SAUK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
AROUND TOWN.
0143 PM TSTM WND GST ROCK SPRINGS 43.48N 89.92W
06/07/2008 E50.00 MPH SAUK WI TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER ESTIMATED AT LEAST 50 MPH WINDS
0150 PM TSTM WND GST WISCONSIN DELLS 43.63N 89.78W
06/07/2008 E60.00 MPH SAUK WI TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY RAIN...SEVERE WINDS...POWER IS OUT
0150 PM TSTM WND DMG LAKE DELTON 43.59N 89.78W
06/07/2008 SAUK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES...BRANCHES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ACROSS NORTHERN SAUK COUNTY. INCLUDES THE LA
VALLE...REEDSBURG...AND LAKE DELTON AREAS. EVENT TIME IS
FOR LAKE DELTON.
0155 PM TSTM WND DMG WISCONSIN DELLS 43.63N 89.78W
06/07/2008 SAUK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE
WISCONSIN DELLS AREA IN SAUK COUNTY. DELAYED INFORMATION.
0155 PM TSTM WND DMG WISCONSIN DELLS 43.63N 89.78W
06/07/2008 SAUK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE WISCONSIN
DELLS AREA...INCLUDES PORTIONS OF SAUK AND COLUMBIA
COUNTIES.
0210 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S ENDEAVOR 43.69N 89.47W
06/07/2008 MARQUETTE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
A FEW TREES AND TREE BRANCHES REPORTED DOWN IN THE
SOUTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY NEAR BRIGGSVILLE AND
ENDEAVOR. POWER LINES ALSO REPORTED DOWN.
0220 PM TSTM WND GST 1 W PORTAGE 43.55N 89.49W
06/07/2008 E65.00 MPH COLUMBIA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY RAINS...WITH POOLING WATER ON ROADS
0220 PM TSTM WND DMG PORTAGE 43.55N 89.47W
06/07/2008 COLUMBIA WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
CALLS STILL COMING IN TO POLICE DEPARTMENT...BUT TREES
WERE BLOWN DOWN AND SOME FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED. THE
DEGREE OF FLOODING IS UNKNOWN.
0221 PM TSTM WND DMG WISCONSIN DELLS 43.63N 89.78W
06/07/2008 SAUK WI AMATEUR RADIO
TEMPORARY CANOPY BLOWN DOWN...WIND SPEED UNKNOWN
0222 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N PORTAGE 43.58N 89.47W
06/07/2008 COLUMBIA WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES COMING DOWN AND ESTIMATED 60 MPH WINDS ALL ALONG
INTERSTATE 39 FROM PORTAGE TO THE MARQUETTE-COLUMBIA
COUNTY LINE.
0223 PM HAIL MARQUETTE 43.75N 89.14W
06/07/2008 E0.25 INCH GREEN LAKE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
ALSO TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR
0235 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N RIO 43.51N 89.24W
06/07/2008 COLUMBIA WI EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 1 INJ *** EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED ONE INJURY
ASSOCIATED WITH SOME VARIETY OF THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE NORTH
OF RIO AT A CAMPGROUND. IT IS UNKNOWN WHETHER OR NOT THIS
IS RELATED TO A TORNADO AT THIS TIME.
0235 PM TORNADO 3 SW WYOCENA 43.46N 89.35W
06/07/2008 COLUMBIA WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
A ROOF OFF A HOME ON DUNNING ROAD. ALSO MULTIPLE REPORTS
OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN THE PORTAGE TO PARDEEVILLE
AREAS...STRETCHING NORTHWEST TO THE WISCONSIN DELLS. IT
IS UNKNOWN IF ALL OF THESE REPORTS ARE RELATED TO A
TORNADO...BUT DISPATCH INDICATED THEY HAD MULTIPLE
REPORTS OF TOUCHDOWNS IN COLUMBIA COUNTY. TIME IS
ESTIMATED.
0241 PM TSTM WND GST DALTON 43.66N 89.21W
06/07/2008 E70.00 MPH GREEN LAKE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA SIZED HAIL ALSO REPORTED.
0243 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 S PORTAGE 43.50N 89.47W
06/07/2008 COLUMBIA WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER INTERSTATE 39 NEAR THE JUNCTION WITH HIGHWAY
78. REPORT RECEIVED VIA STATE TROOPER.
0245 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 3 S BARABOO 43.43N 89.74W
06/07/2008 SAUK WI FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
RELAY FROM SAUK COUNTY SHERRIFF...REPORTED BY FIRE
DEPARTMENT. FUNNEL CAME DOWN AND THEN WENT BACK INTO THE
CLOUDS.
0250 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 4 N RANDOLPH 43.60N 89.00W
06/07/2008 DODGE WI PUBLIC
JUST A FUNNEL REPORTED. THE PERSON COULD NOT TELL IF THE
FUNNEL WAS TOUCHING THE GROUND AND DID NOT SEE A DEBRIS
FIELD.
0250 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSE PARDEEVILLE 43.49N 89.28W
06/07/2008 COLUMBIA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE OAK TREES DOWN NEAR WILLOW MILLS CAMPGROUND...HALF
MILE WEST OF COUNTY ROAD SS AND COUNTY ROAD G
0255 PM TORNADO 4 SE CAMBRIA 43.50N 89.06W
06/07/2008 COLUMBIA WI EMERGENCY MNGR
*** 4 INJ *** DELAYED REPORT. EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTS
TORNADIC DAMAGE NEAR COUNTY HIGHWAY G IN THE
CAMBRIA/RANDOLPH AREAS OF FAR NORTHEAST COLUMBIA COUNTY.
A HOUSE HAD ITS WINDOWS BLOWN OUT...A SHED WAS
DESTROYED...A SILO WAS BADLY DAMAGED. 4 MINOR INJURIES
WERE REPORTED. THE TORNADO ALSO SPUN A POLICE CAR AROUND.
THEY SAID THERE IS A CLEAR PATH OF DAMAGE.
0300 PM FLASH FLOOD PORTAGE 43.55N 89.47W
06/07/2008 COLUMBIA WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER AT LEAST SEVERAL STREETS IN THE CITY. NO DEPTH
GIVEN.
0309 PM TORNADO 5 SW BEAVER DAM 43.41N 88.91W
06/07/2008 DODGE WI AMATEUR RADIO
TORNADO REPORTED TO BE ON THE GROUND.
0310 PM TSTM WND DMG RANDOLPH 43.54N 89.00W
06/07/2008 DODGE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES REPORTED DOWN IN RANDOLPH.
0314 PM TSTM WND GST PARDEEVILLE RAWS 43.54N 89.30W
06/07/2008 M73.00 MPH COLUMBIA WI MESONET
0315 PM TORNADO 2 SW PLAIN 43.26N 90.07W
06/07/2008 SAUK WI TRAINED SPOTTER
TORNADO REPORTED TO BE BRIEFLY ON THE GROUND.
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 S RANDOLPH 43.51N 89.00W
06/07/2008 DODGE WI PUBLIC
NEAR HIGHWAY 73...SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO STRUCTURE...COULD
HEAR STRONG WINDS
0317 PM FLASH FLOOD DALTON 43.66N 89.21W
06/07/2008 GREEN LAKE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER COVERING THE ROADS AND BARRICADES WERE SET UP.
0335 PM HAIL 7 W FORT ATKINSON 42.93N 88.98W
06/07/2008 M0.75 INCH JEFFERSON WI AMATEUR RADIO
0335 PM FUNNEL CLOUD MAPLE BLUFF 43.11N 89.37W
06/07/2008 DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 30 AND PACKERS
AVENUE.
0342 PM FUNNEL CLOUD BUSSEYVILLE 42.90N 88.99W
06/07/2008 JEFFERSON WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY A DEPUTY WEST OF FORT ATKINSON
NEAR BUSSEYVILLE.
0344 PM TORNADO 3 E COTTAGE GROVE 43.08N 89.14W
06/07/2008 DANE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
DEPUTY SAW THE TORNADO TOUCH THE GROUND LOOKING FROM A
LOCATION AT HIGHWAY BB AND BAXTER ROAD. IT TOUCHED DOWN
IN A FIELD...SO NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AT THIS TIME.
0345 PM FLASH FLOOD SUN PRAIRIE 43.18N 89.23W
06/07/2008 DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
WATER FLOODING OVER THE CURB AND MOVING INTO YARDS. NEAR
HIGHWAY 19 AND HIGHWAY 151.
0356 PM TORNADO FORT ATKINSON 42.93N 88.84W
06/07/2008 JEFFERSON WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS FROM AROUND THE AREA.
MOST RECENTLY A REPORT OF A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON
JANESVILLE AVENUE IN FORT ATKINSON.
0357 PM TSTM WND GST WATERTOWN 43.19N 88.72W
06/07/2008 E45.00 MPH JEFFERSON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
ALSO PEA SIZED HAIL.
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSW ORFORDVILLE 42.59N 89.28W
06/07/2008 ROCK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES REPORTED DOWN...ALSO BRANCHES BRINGING WIRES DOWN.
TIME ESTIMATED. REPORTS BEING RECEIVED FROM ALL OVER
SOUTHWEST ROCK COUNTY.
0400 PM HAIL PEWAUKEE 43.09N 88.25W
06/07/2008 E2.00 INCH WAUKESHA WI PUBLIC
DELAYED REPORT FROM SHELLY LYNN ROAD AND HIGHWAY G.
0403 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2 NE JOHNSON CREEK 43.10N 88.75W
06/07/2008 JEFFERSON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED AT EXIT 267 IN JOHNSON CREEK...LOOKING
NORTHEAST.
0410 PM HAIL 1 N WATERLOO 43.20N 88.99W
06/07/2008 E1.00 INCH JEFFERSON WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
0411 PM HAIL HELENVILLE 43.01N 88.70W
06/07/2008 E0.88 INCH JEFFERSON WI NWS EMPLOYEE
0413 PM TSTM WND GST WAUKESHA 43.01N 88.24W
06/07/2008 E70.00 MPH WAUKESHA WI PUBLIC
PUBLIC ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH WITH PENNY SIZE
HAIL. DELAYED REPORT.
0418 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 1 N NWS SULLIVAN/MILWAU 42.98N 88.55W
06/07/2008 JEFFERSON WI NWS EMPLOYEE
WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEES OBSERVED A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH
RAPID RISING MOTION AT THE CLOUD BASE AND STRONG MOTION
IN THE MESOCYCLONE.
0420 PM TSTM WND DMG BELOIT 42.52N 89.02W
06/07/2008 ROCK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0426 PM HAIL 2 NE MILTON 42.80N 88.92W
06/07/2008 E0.75 INCH ROCK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
ALSO 50 MPH WINDS
0428 PM HAIL WAUKESHA 43.01N 88.24W
06/07/2008 E1.00 INCH WAUKESHA WI NWS EMPLOYEE
REPORTED BY AN OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE. NEAR LISBON AND
BROWN STREET. PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. DELAYED REPORT.
0428 PM FUNNEL CLOUD MAZOMANIE 43.17N 89.79W
06/07/2008 DANE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED NEAR MAZOMANIE.
0429 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 E DAYTON 42.83N 89.45W
06/07/2008 GREEN WI TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE LIMBS DOWN.
0430 PM TSTM WND GST EVANSVILLE 42.78N 89.30W
06/07/2008 E65.00 MPH ROCK WI PUBLIC
REPORTED ALONG WALKER STREET IN EVANSVILLE. WIND GUSTS
ESTIMATED TO 65 MPH CAUSED A TREE TO BLOW DOWN. DELAYED
REPORT.
0430 PM HAIL OCONOMOWOC 43.11N 88.50W
06/07/2008 M1.75 INCH WAUKESHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
HAIL LASTED 10 MINUTES. REPORTED ALONG LISBON ROAD.
0430 PM TSTM WND GST SLINGER 43.33N 88.29W
06/07/2008 M51.00 MPH WASHINGTON WI MESONET
RECORDED AT SLINGER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
0430 PM HAIL 3 NE OCONOMOWOC 43.14N 88.46W
06/07/2008 M1.00 INCH WAUKESHA WI AMATEUR RADIO
0431 PM HAIL OCONOMOWOC 43.11N 88.50W
06/07/2008 E1.75 INCH WAUKESHA WI NWS EMPLOYEE
HAIL IS OCCURRING RIGHT NOW.
0433 PM HAIL HARTLAND 43.10N 88.34W
06/07/2008 E1.25 INCH WAUKESHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0437 PM TSTM WND GST JACKSON 43.32N 88.16W
06/07/2008 M57.00 MPH WASHINGTON WI TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES BENDING TO THE GROUND
0440 PM TSTM WND GST BELLEVILLE 42.86N 89.54W
06/07/2008 E65.00 MPH DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
VERY LARGE TREE DOWNED. ARCING WIRES AND POWER LINES
DOWN.
0443 PM TSTM WND DMG OREGON 42.93N 89.38W
06/07/2008 DANE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN SOUTH OF OREGON ON HIGHWAY 14.
THIS WAS IN A SIMILAR AREA TO THE STOUGHTON REPORT...AND
AGAIN...IT IS UNCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS STRAIGHT
LINE WIND DAMAGE OR A BRIEF TORNADO.
0445 PM TSTM WND GST STOUGHTON 42.92N 89.22W
06/07/2008 M57.00 MPH DANE WI MESONET
MEASURED AT A SCHOOL NET SITE IN STOUGHTON. DELAYED
INFORMATION.
0445 PM TSTM WND DMG STOUGHTON 42.92N 89.22W
06/07/2008 DANE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE ORIGNAL LSR. IT APPEARS THAT AN
EXTREME DOWNBURST WIND EVENT DEVELOPED SOMEWHERE TO THE
SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF OREGON...AND TRACKED EAST-NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE WESTERN SIDE OF STOUGHTON TOWARDS LAKE
KEGONSA. A COUPLE OF BARNS WERE DESTROYED AND A ROOF WAS
RIPPED OFF A HOME. CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH HAD A PORTION
OF THE EAST SIDE OF THEIR BUILDING BADLY DAMAGED. A FEW
MOBILE HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND AT AN AUTO SALES
LOT...A FEW CARS WERE MOVED BY THE WINDS.
0450 PM HAIL 2 SSW HARTLAND 43.07N 88.36W
06/07/2008 M1.25 INCH WAUKESHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
0451 PM HAIL 2 W WAUKESHA 43.01N 88.28W
06/07/2008 E1.00 INCH WAUKESHA WI AMATEUR RADIO
0453 PM HAIL 2 W WAUKESHA 43.01N 88.28W
06/07/2008 M3.00 INCH WAUKESHA WI AMATEUR RADIO
AMENDMENT TO AN EARLIER REPORT. THE SPOTTER WENT BACK OUT
AND MEASURED A 3.25 INCH DIAMETER HAIL STONE.
0455 PM HAIL BROOKFIELD 43.06N 88.12W
06/07/2008 E0.75 INCH WAUKESHA WI PUBLIC
MOSTLY PEA TO SMALL MARBLE SIZED...BUT A FEW LARGER
STONES TO AROUND DIME OR PENNY SIZE. FLOODING NOW
REPORTED WITH STANDING WATER ON LAWNS.
0457 PM TSTM WND DMG BELLEVILLE 42.86N 89.54W
06/07/2008 DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN
0500 PM FLASH FLOOD BARABOO 43.47N 89.74W
06/07/2008 SAUK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER THE ROAD...HIGHWAY 33 EAST OF BARABOO
0506 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N STOUGHTON 42.95N 89.22W
06/07/2008 DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
2-FOOT DIAMETER TREES BLOWN DOWN
0510 PM FLASH FLOOD WAUKESHA 43.01N 88.24W
06/07/2008 WAUKESHA WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING. WATER OVER CURBS AND VEHICLES
STALLING IN WATER.
0516 PM FLASH FLOOD GENESEE 42.95N 88.36W
06/07/2008 WAUKESHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
WATER RUNNING OVER THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY 83 AND COUNTY
HIGHWAY X.
0516 PM FLASH FLOOD WAUKESHA 43.01N 88.24W
06/07/2008 WAUKESHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
MANHOLE COVERS BEING DISLODGED DUE TO HEAVY STREET
FLOODING.
0519 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 SE PEWAUKEE 43.08N 88.24W
06/07/2008 WAUKESHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF WATER OVER THE STREET AT COUNTY
HIGHWAY T AND COUNTY HIGHWAY SS. JUST SOUTH OF WCTC.
0524 PM FLASH FLOOD WAUKESHA 43.01N 88.24W
06/07/2008 WAUKESHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
COUNTY HIGHWAY Y AND HIGHWAY 164. WATER OVER THE CURBS
AND ROADWAY. INTERSECTION IS NO LONGER PASSABLE...CARS
STALLED DUE TO THE FLASH FLOODING.
0531 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 N WATERTOWN 43.22N 88.72W
06/07/2008 DODGE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTING NUMEROUS INSTANCES OF FLOODING
IN THE RUBICON AND WATERTOWN AREAS STILL OCCURRING.
0534 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 W WAUKESHA 43.01N 88.26W
06/07/2008 WAUKESHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
A FOOT OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY.
0538 PM FLASH FLOOD 4 NNE SUN PRAIRIE 43.24N 89.20W
06/07/2008 DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
BASEMENT FLOODING OCCURRING IN RESIDENCES. THE SPOTTER
RECEIVED 1.65 INCHES OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES WITH THE FIRST
ROUND OF STORMS AND 0.40 INCHES OF RAIN IN 10 MINUTES
WITH THE SECOND ROUND OF STORMS.
0541 PM FLASH FLOOD SE WAUKESHA 43.01N 88.24W
06/07/2008 WAUKESHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
6-12 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.
0545 PM FLASH FLOOD FRANKLIN 42.90N 87.99W
06/07/2008 MILWAUKEE WI PUBLIC
REPORTED ON WHITNALL EDGE ROAD IN FRANKLIN. AT LEAST ONE
FOOT OF WATER OVER THE STREET...UP TO THE BOTTOM OF
VEHICLES. DELAYED REPORT.
0548 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 W MILWAUKEE 43.03N 87.94W
06/07/2008 MILWAUKEE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
FROM 1 MILE WEST OF THE DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE REFERENCE
POINT. 1.5-2 FEET OF WATER IN THE ROADS AND CAUSING
DAMAGE IN BUILDINGS. CARS ARE FLOATING IN INTERSECTIONS.
0550 PM FLASH FLOOD MILWAUKEE 43.03N 87.92W
06/07/2008 MILWAUKEE WI PUBLIC
REPORTS OF 1-2 FEET OF WATER IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE AND
CARS FLOATING IN THE FLOOD WATERS.
0552 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 S WEST ALLIS 42.98N 88.03W
06/07/2008 MILWAUKEE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
A FOOT OF WATER ON THE HONEY CREEK PARKWAY. HONEY CREEK
IS OUT OF ITS BANK.
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SW WEST ALLIS 43.00N 88.04W
06/07/2008 MILWAUKEE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
10 INCH DIAMETER BRANCH DOWN.
0602 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 NNW GREENFIELD 42.98N 88.01W
06/07/2008 MILWAUKEE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
6 INCHES OF WATER OVER THE ROAD AND THE CENTER MEDIAN.
0614 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 W BROOKFIELD 43.06N 88.18W
06/07/2008 WAUKESHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
3.5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT. ROADS AND LAWNS ARE
FLOODING. FROM THE TOWN OF BROOKFIELD WEST OF THE CITY OF
BROOKFIELD.
0615 PM FLASH FLOOD GREENFIELD 42.96N 88.01W
06/07/2008 MILWAUKEE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
MILWAUKEE COUNTY SHERIFF CONFIRMS THAT PARTS OF
INTERSTATE 894 ARE CLOSED DUE TO STANDING WATER ON THE
INTERSTATE...AND ON MANY ON AND OFF RAMPS.
0618 PM FLASH FLOOD WEST ALLIS 43.01N 88.03W
06/07/2008 MILWAUKEE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORTED ON 97TH STREET BETWEEN OKLAHOMA AVENUE AND WEST
BELOIT ROAD. 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. MAJOR STREET
FLOODING REPORTED. BASEMENTS ARE FLOODING AS WELL. WATER
IS BUBBLING UP THROUGH MANHOLE COVERS.
0650 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 S WAUKESHA 42.97N 88.24W
06/07/2008 M2.01 INCH WAUKESHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT.
0659 PM HAIL LA VALLE 43.58N 90.13W
06/07/2008 E1.00 INCH SAUK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL FALLING.
0700 PM HEAVY RAIN NWS SULLIVAN/MILWAUKEE 42.97N 88.55W
06/07/2008 M3.31 INCH JEFFERSON WI OFFICIAL NWS OBS
1PM TO 7PM RAINFALL TOTAL.
0710 PM HAIL 6 NNW REEDSBURG 43.62N 90.04W
06/07/2008 E0.88 INCH SAUK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
0725 PM FLASH FLOOD WEST ALLIS 43.01N 88.03W
06/07/2008 MILWAUKEE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
97TH STREET STILL IMPASSIBLE WITH STALLED CARS.
0729 PM FLASH FLOOD MILWAUKEE INTL ARPT(KMK 42.96N 87.90W
06/07/2008 MILWAUKEE WI OTHER FEDERAL
WAIST DEEP WATER REPORTED BY THE CONTRACT WEATHER
OBSERVER.
0730 PM HEAVY RAIN WEST ALLIS 43.01N 88.03W
06/07/2008 M3.45 INCH MILWAUKEE WI CO-OP OBSERVER
0741 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 W BROOKFIELD 43.06N 88.18W
06/07/2008 M4.30 INCH WAUKESHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORT RECEIVED FROM THE TOWN OF BROOKFIELD WEST OF THE
CITY OF BROOKFIELD. RAINFALL TOTAL IS SINCE MIDNIGHT.
0757 PM FLASH FLOOD COLUMBUS 43.34N 89.03W
06/07/2008 COLUMBIA WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS SEVERE FLOODING IN COLUMBUS WITH
HOUSES FLOODED. HIGHWAY 16 IS CLOSED. A FEW ROADS ALONG
HIGHWAY 89 SOUTH OF COLUMBUS HAVE WASHED OUT. ALSO THE
ROAD HAS WASHED OUT AT HIGHWAY J AND VOSS ROAD. THE FLOOD
EVENT IS ONGOING.
0808 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 S BIG BEND 42.87N 88.20W
06/07/2008 WAUKESHA WI TRAINED SPOTTER
6 INCHES OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 164...MUD COVERING THE
ROAD IN PLACES AS WELL.
0813 PM TSTM WND DMG DALTON 43.66N 89.21W
06/07/2008 GREEN LAKE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE LIMBS COMING DOWN...ALSO SPOTTER ESTIMATED 60 MPH
WIND GUSTS.
0815 PM FLASH FLOOD MILWAUKEE 43.03N 87.92W
06/07/2008 MILWAUKEE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
STATE OF EMERGENCY IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY DUE TO WIDESPREAD
FLOODING. AT 51ST AND GOOD HOPE ROAD...CARS WERE FLOATING
IN WATER AND THE OCCUPANTS HAD TO SWIM TO SAFETY. LOTS OF
MAJOR THOROUGHFARES IN MILWAUKEE COUNTY ARE INUNDATED
WITH WATER INCLUDING HIGHWAY 100 IN WEST ALLIS AND MILLER
PARKWAY.
0824 PM TSTM WND GST 3 E DALTON 43.66N 89.15W
06/07/2008 E60.00 MPH GREEN LAKE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
A SPOTTER REPORTS NICKEL SIZE HAIL...50 TO 60 MPH
WINDS...TREES COMING DOWN ON HIGHWAY GG NEAR THE GREEN
LAKE AND COLUMBIA COUNTY BORDER.
0825 PM TSTM WND GST RANDOLPH 43.54N 89.00W
06/07/2008 E60.00 MPH DODGE WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
ESTIMATED 50 TO 60 MPH WIND GUSTS WITH PEA SIZE HAIL.
ALSO MENTIONED A LOWERING WITH WEAK ROTATION.
0834 PM FLASH FLOOD ROCK SPRINGS 43.48N 89.92W
06/07/2008 SAUK WI LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROADS BEING WASHED OUT. HIGHWAY 154 IN ROCK SPRINGS AND
COUNTY HIGHWAY C IN SAUK CITY.
&&
LAMERSSpecial weather statement, Jun 7, 9:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 945 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-080430- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 945 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...TORNADO WATCH 482 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... AT 940 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG TO OCCASIONALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN REACHING FROM SHEBOYGAN TO WEST BEND TO NORTH OF MADISON TO NEAR SPRING GREEN. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN. ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RAPIDLY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. ALL PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION WHEN A WARNING IS ISSUED. TZ
Local storm report, Jun 7, 10:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1001 PM CDT SAT JUN 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM TSTM WND GST 5 NE BELOIT 42.57N 88.95W
06/07/2008 E65 MPH ROCK WI TRAINED SPOTTER
ALSO TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. DELAYED REPORT.
&&
LAMERSLocal storm report, Jun 7, 10:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1003 PM CDT SAT JUN 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM MARINE TSTM WIND SHEBOYGAN BUOY(CMAN) 43.75N 87.69W
06/07/2008 M41 MPH SHEBOYGAN WI C-MAN STATION
ASSOCIATED WITH OUTFLOW WINDS IN THE HOUR PRIOR.
&&
LAMERSLocal storm report, Jun 7, 10:45 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1045 PM CDT SAT JUN 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0344 PM TORNADO 1 NW SUN PRAIRIE 43.19N 89.25W
06/07/2008 DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
LOOKING NORTHWEST FROM BIRD STREET IN SUN PRARIE...A
BRIEF TORNADO WITH GROUND DEBRIS. LOCATION OF BRIEF RAIN
WRAPPED TORNADO AT THE CROSS ROAD OF EGRE AND HIGHWAY C
OR 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF SUN PRAIRIE. ONGOING STREET
FLOODING AS OF 955 PM CDT.
&&
GDSpecial weather statement, Jun 7, 10:55 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1055 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-080530- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC... SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON... LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON... MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE... KENOSHA 1055 PM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 ...TORNADO WATCH 482 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN... AT 1050 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN REACHING FROM PORT WASHINGTON TO BEAVER DAM TO STOUGHTON TO DARLINGTON. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT. THE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE EXTREMELY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN. ANY STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS... AND TORNADOES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. ALL PERSONS ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION WHEN A WARNING IS ISSUED. TZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Sauk | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette | 61 min |
| Jun 7, 8:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Racine, Waukesha | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette | 36 min |
| Jun 7, 8:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 70 min |
| Jun 7, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane | 60 min |
| Jun 7, 9:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 67 min | |
| Jun 7, 9:17 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Sauk | 11 days |
| Jun 7, 9:17 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Green | 16 days |
| Jun 7, 9:17 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 10 days |
| Jun 7, 9:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Washington | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:25 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Sauk | 3 days |
| Jun 7, 9:25 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Iowa, Lafayette | 66 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:25 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Lafayette | 48 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:25 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Racine | 34 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 59 min | |
| Jun 7, 10:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Iowa | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 10:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 42 min | |
| Jun 8, 12:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Racine | 3 days |
| Jun 8, 4:54 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Ozaukee | 3 days |
| Jun 8, 5:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Sauk | 9 days |
| Jun 8, 8:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Lafayette | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 8:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 9:28 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Iowa, Sauk | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 9:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Rock and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 10:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Racine, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 10:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 113 min | |
| Jun 8, 10:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac | 4 days |
| Jun 8, 10:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan and 2 more | 81 min |
| Jun 8, 10:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 24 days |
| Jun 8, 10:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 41 days |
| Jun 8, 10:48 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Jefferson | 6 days |
| Jun 8, 10:48 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Jefferson, Rock | 34 hr |
| Jun 8, 10:48 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Rock | 6 days |
| Jun 8, 10:52 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Rock | 42 hr |
| Jun 8, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 11:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 24 min |
| Jun 8, 11:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 78 min | |
| Jun 8, 11:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:25 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dane, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Lafayette and 3 more | 18 hr |
| Jun 8, 2:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and 5 more | 18 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette, Sauk | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 4:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Green Lake | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dane, Iowa | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Sheboygan, Washington | 4 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 94 min | |
| Jun 8, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Ozaukee, Sheboygan and 2 more | 78 min |
| Jun 8, 6:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Waukesha | 4 hr |
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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.