Alert archive / Wisconsin / High Wind Warnings in 2008
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this high wind warning at Jun 6, 2008, 2:12 PM CDT for Rock County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2008, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
County Rock County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2:30 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Orfordville, WI | LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS MANY AREAS OF SOUTHWEST ROCK COUNTY INTO THE JANESVILLE AREA WITH TREES DOWNED. THIS WAS DUE TO GRADIENT WINDS...AS THUNDERSTORMS DID NOT AFFECT THIS AREA. |
| Jun 6, 2:45 PM CDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 71 | Janesville Arpt(Kjvl), WI | SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 KNOTS...GUSTING TO 62 KNOTS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1218 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS73 KMKX 061912 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 212 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON... .STRONG GUSTY GRADIENT WINDS FROM 45 TO 60 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT DUE TO STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO SIGNIFICANT MIXING OF THE LOW LEVEL ATMOSPHERE...RESULTING IN GUSTY AND SOMETIMES DAMAGING WINDS. WIZ069-062300- /O.NEW.KMKX.HW.W.0001.080606T1912Z-080606T2300Z/ ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 212 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG AND DAMAGING SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS FROM 55 TO 65 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ROCK COUNTY. WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED AND WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED NON-THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF 40 MPH OR HIGHER FOR 1 HOUR OR MORE...OR PEAK WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER FOR ANY DURATION...ARE OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. WINDS AT THESE SPEEDS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES AND SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. TRAVEL IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-070>072-062300- /O.NEW.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.080606T1912Z-080606T2300Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 212 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 57 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. SOME TREE DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE. A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE LOOSE ITEMS IN THE YARD SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS. USE CAUTION WHILE OUTDOORS. $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS73 KMKX 062257 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 557 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...GUSTY WINDS TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING... .GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH VERY EARLY THIS EVENING AS SUNSET APPROACHES AND AS A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER THE STATE OF IOWA MOVES INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. WIZ069-070000- /O.EXP.KMKX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080606T2300Z/ ROCK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JANESVILLE...BELOIT 557 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 TO 40 MPH VERY EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. THE THREAT OF DAMAGING GRADIENT WINDS HAS ENDED. $$ WIZ051-052-058>060-064>066-070>072-070000- /O.EXP.KMKX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080606T2300Z/ FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-DODGE-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA- MILWAUKEE-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FOND DU LAC...SHEBOYGAN...BEAVER DAM... WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA... BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...KENOSHA 557 PM CDT FRI JUN 6 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 TO 40 MPH VERY EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 9:24 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | MKX | Kenosha | 9 hr |
| Jun 6, 5:55 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Kenosha | 24 days |
| Jun 6, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine, Walworth | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 91 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Rock, Walworth | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 2:12 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Walworth | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Ozaukee, Sheboygan | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Waukesha | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 19 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 66 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 6, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Waukesha | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Racine | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 90 min | |
| Jun 6, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 60 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.