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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Milwaukee, WI

July 16, 2008Fond du Lac County, Green Lake County, Marquette County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2008, 2:30 PM CDT for Fond du Lac County, Green Lake County, Marquette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 90 min. 12 reports 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
Jul 16, 2008, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Fond du Lac County, WI, Green Lake County, WI, Marquette County, WI

The radar

The Green Bay radar (KGRB), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 16, 2:40 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMontello, WIA FEW TREE LIMBS DOWN IN AND AROUND MONTELLO WITH 1/2 INCH DIAMETER HAIL AS WELL. TIME IS APPROXIMATED.
Jul 16, 2:55 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGMarkesan, WITREES DOWNED IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. MARKESAN WAS SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED. TIME IS APPROXIMATE.
Jul 16, 2:58 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 656 Ne Fond Du Lac, WIPEA SIZED HAIL ALSO REPORTED. THIS WAS IN THE TOWN OF ST. PETER.
Jul 16, 2:59 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 666 Ne Fond Du Lac, WIIN THE TOWN OF ST. PETER IN NORTHEAST FOND DU LAC COUNTY.
Jul 16, 3:00 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 473 W Fond Du Lac, WIMEASURED AT KFLD...FOND DU LAC COUNTY AIRPORT ASOS.
Jul 16, 3:05 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGBrandon, WITREES WERE BLOWN DOWN AND UPROOTED IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE BRANDON AREA.
Jul 16, 3:05 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 511 S Fond Du Lac, WIMEASURED ON A PRIVATELY OWNED WEATHER STATION. TIME IS APPROXIMATE.
Jul 16, 3:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGCalvary, WIWIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE REPORTED IN EASTERN FOND DU LAC COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE CALVARY AND ST. CLOUD AREAS. A SILO WAS BLOWN DOWN AND A BARN WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN THESE AREAS AS WELL. TIME IS APPROXIMATE.
Jul 16, 3:16 PM CDTHAIL 0.5Marquette, WIDIME SIZE HAIL
Jul 16, 3:18 PM CDTHAIL 0.756 Sse Fond Du Lac, WI
Jul 16, 3:20 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 604 S Fond Du Lac, WI60 MPH WINDS AND DIME SIZE HAIL ON HWY B
Jul 16, 3:27 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 60Eden, WIALSO PEA SIZE HAIL AND 4 TO 6 INCH BRANCHES DOWN

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 8 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 10 minutes after it went out.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 16, 9:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 87 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, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2008-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 177 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2008-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-330 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KMKX 161930
SVRMKX
WIC039-047-077-162100-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0133.080716T1930Z-080716T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
230 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FOND DU LAC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  GREEN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  MARQUETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT

* AT 222 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF BERLIN TO
  18 MILES WEST OF WESTFIELD MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 36 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BERLIN BY 235 PM CDT...
  PRINCETON BY 245 PM CDT...
  MONTELLO AND GREEN LAKE BY 250 PM CDT...
  RIPON BY 255 PM CDT...
  ROSENDALE BY 305 PM CDT...
  NORTH FOND DU LAC...MARKESAN AND BRANDON BY 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4399 8960 4399 8889 4390 8886 4391 8842
      4395 8839 4395 8818 4393 8815 4355 8815
      4356 8839 4363 8840 4365 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 310DEG 31KT 4408 8865 4384 8978

$$

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7 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KMKX 161941
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
241 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

WIC039-047-077-162100-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-080716T2100Z/
MARQUETTE WI-GREEN LAKE WI-FOND DU LAC WI-
240 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR FOND DU LAC...GREEN LAKE AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES...

AT 238 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE 
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE 
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PIPE TO 17 
MILES WEST OF OXFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 34 MPH.

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
PACKWAUKEE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PRINCETON BY 245 PM CDT...
  PIPE...RIPON...OXFORD AND MONTELLO BY 250 PM CDT...  
  WEST ROSENDALE...PACKWAUKEE AND JOHNSBURG BY 255 PM CDT...
  WIOTA BY 300 PM CDT...

IF ON OR NEAR INLAND LAKES...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS 
OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES 
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE 
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. 
DONT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM

LARGE TREE LIMBS WERE REPORTED DOWNED ALONG THE WAUSHARA AND 
MARQUETTE COUNTY BORDER WITH THIS STORM. SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY 
AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4399 8960 4399 8889 4390 8886 4391 8842
      4395 8839 4395 8818 4393 8815 4355 8815
      4356 8839 4363 8840 4365 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 310DEG 30KT 4397 8843 4381 8988

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KMKX 161953
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
253 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

WIC039-047-077-162100-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-080716T2100Z/
MARQUETTE WI-GREEN LAKE WI-FOND DU LAC WI-
253 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR FOND DU LAC...GREEN LAKE AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES...

AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS 
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 
MILES EAST OF OSHKOSH TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIPON TO 7 MILES SOUTH 
OF FRIENDSHIP...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 32 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  PIPE...PACKWAUKEE...LAGODA AND GLEN OAK BY 300 PM CDT...
  TAYCHEEDAH...PEEBLES...MARYTOWN AND MANCHESTER BY 305 PM CDT...
  OAK CENTER AND CALVARY BY 310 PM CDT...

A 47 MPH WIND GUST WAS RECORDED AT THE OSHKOSH AIRPORT WITH THIS 
LINE OF STORMS. ALSO...TREE LIMBS WERE REPORTED DOWN IN MONTELLO IN 
MARQUETTE COUNTY WITH HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL. THESE ARE DANGEROUS 
STORMS...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4399 8960 4399 8889 4390 8886 4391 8842
      4395 8839 4395 8818 4393 8815 4355 8815
      4356 8839 4363 8840 4365 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 313DEG 28KT 4400 8825 4373 8886
          4383 8979

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000 
WWUS53 KMKX 162000
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
300 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

WIC039-047-077-162100-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-080716T2100Z/
MARQUETTE WI-GREEN LAKE WI-FOND DU LAC WI-
259 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR FOND DU LAC...GREEN LAKE AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES...

AT 258 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS 
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES EAST OF OSHKOSH TO 
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAUPUN TO 12 MILES SOUTH OF FRIENDSHIP...MOVING 
SOUTHEAST AT 32 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  TAYCHEEDAH...PEEBLES...MARYTOWN AND MANCHESTER BY 305 PM CDT...
  OAK CENTER...CALVARY...OAKFIELD AND MOUNT CALVARY BY 310 PM CDT...
  DALTON AND ST. CLOUD BY 315 PM CDT...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME AREAS OF ROTATION ALONG THE LEADING 
EDGE OF THIS LINE OF STORMS. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A 
TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. 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.

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTIMATED 65 MPH WINDS IN SAINT PETER IN FOND 
DU LAC COUNTY AT 258 PM CDT. ALSO...THE FOND DU LAC AIRPORT RECORDED 
A 46 MPH WIND GUST AT 255 PM CDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4399 8960 4399 8889 4390 8886 4391 8842
      4395 8839 4395 8818 4393 8815 4355 8815
      4356 8839 4363 8840 4365 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 313DEG 28KT 4397 8821 4369 8882
          4380 8974

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KMKX 162008
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
308 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

WIC039-047-077-162100-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-080716T2100Z/
MARQUETTE WI-GREEN LAKE WI-FOND DU LAC WI-
308 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR FOND DU LAC...GREEN LAKE AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES...

AT 306 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SAINT CLOUD TO ALTO TO 6 
MILES WEST OF OXFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 32 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  DALTON...BYRON AND EDEN BY 315 PM CDT...
  WAUCOUSTA BY 325 PM CDT...
  DUNDEE...ASHFORD AND CAMPBELLSPORT BY 330 PM CDT...
  NEW FANE BY 340 PM CDT...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME AREAS OF ROTATION ALONG THE LEADING 
EDGE OF THIS LINE OF STORMS. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A 
TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. 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.

DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 66 MPH WERE REPORTED IN SAINT PETER AT 259 PM 
WITH THIS STORM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND 
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

LAT...LON 4399 8960 4399 8889 4390 8886 4391 8842
      4395 8839 4395 8818 4393 8815 4355 8815
      4356 8839 4363 8840 4365 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2007Z 313DEG 28KT 4382 8814 4364 8874
          4375 8966

$$

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000 
WWUS53 KMKX 162020
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
320 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

WIC039-047-077-162100-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-080716T2100Z/
MARQUETTE WI-GREEN LAKE WI-FOND DU LAC WI-
319 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR FOND DU LAC...SOUTHERN GREEN LAKE AND SOUTHERN MARQUETTE
COUNTIES...

AT 317 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. 
CLOUD TO ALTO TO OXFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 32 MPH.

ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL 
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF 
ENDEAVOR...AND WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THE TOWNS OF 
ENDEAVOR AND GLEN OAK ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WAUCOUSTA AND DUNDEE BY 325 PM CDT...
  ASHFORD AND CAMPBELLSPORT BY 330 PM CDT...
  NEW FANE BY 340 PM CDT...

LAT...LON 4388 8959 4385 8900 4391 8842 4395 8839
      4395 8818 4393 8815 4355 8815 4356 8839
      4362 8839 4363 8843 4365 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 313DEG 28KT 4372 8807 4361 8870
          4370 8952

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000 
WWUS53 KMKX 162035
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
335 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

WIC039-047-077-162100-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-080716T2100Z/
MARQUETTE WI-GREEN LAKE WI-FOND DU LAC WI-
335 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN FOND DU LAC...SOUTHERN GREEN LAKE AND SOUTHERN MARQUETTE
COUNTIES...

AT 334 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DUNDEE TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF 
OAK CENTER TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENDEAVOR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 32 
MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  NEW FANE BY 340 PM CDT...

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND 
PENNY SIZE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4387 8959 4388 8958 4372 8879 4387 8816
      4355 8815 4356 8839 4362 8839 4363 8843
      4365 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 313DEG 28KT 4360 8813 4352 8857
          4366 8954

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000 
WWUS53 KMKX 162053
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
353 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

WIC039-047-077-162102-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0133.000000T0000Z-080716T2100Z/
MARQUETTE WI-GREEN LAKE WI-FOND DU LAC WI-
352 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN FOND DU LAC...
SOUTHERN GREEN LAKE AND SOUTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
400 PM CDT...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THE LINE OF 
STORMS HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PERSIST OVER THE NEXT HOUR...AND MAY 
PRODUCE AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.

LAT...LON 4387 8959 4388 8958 4372 8879 4387 8816
      4355 8815 4356 8839 4362 8839 4363 8843
      4365 8959
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 313DEG 28KT 4351 8800 4343 8844
          4357 8941

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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 Jul 16, 4:36 AM CDT, 9 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 4:36 AM CDT, 9 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
436 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

FORECAST FOCUS ON THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN CHANCES THE NEXT FEW
DAYS.

LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATED WEST NORTHWEST UPPER LEVEL
FLOW OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FORMING
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA BACK INTO NORTH DAKOTA. THE STORMS WERE
FORMING ALONG A QUASI STATIONARY BOUNDARY...WHICH EXTENDED
EASTWARD INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN. CONVECTION ALSO BEING AIDED BY
RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF JET STREAK. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS NOTED
SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

LOCAL HIGH RESOLUTION WRF MODEL DATA SEEMED TO HANDLE THE CURRENT
CONVECTION FAIRLY WELL IN TIMING AND PLACEMENT. THESE MODELS TAKE
THE CURRENT CONVECTION AND FORM A LINEAR STRUCTURE WHILE MOVING IT
CLOSE TO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. OTHER CONVECTION BEHIND THIS AREA
TRIES TO MOVE INTO WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE
EVENING...BUT WEAKENS BEFORE REACHING THE AREA. THIS CONVECTION
WOULD BE PRIMARILY SUPPORTED BY THE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF THE JET
STREAK...AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGGING SOUTHWARD INTO THE FORECAST
AREA.

MEAN LAYER CAPES OF AROUND 2000 J/KG ARE EXPECTED...WITH A
WEAKENING CAP BY THE AFTERNOON. DEEP LAYER WIND SHEAR IS NOT TOO
IMPRESSIVE...ONLY AROUND 20 TO 25 KNOTS. HEAVY RAINFALLL WOULD BE
POSSIBLE IF TRAINING OF CONVECTION OCCURS OVER THE AREA NEAR THE
BOUNDARY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES. FOR
NOW...WILL GO WITH SLIGHT CHANCE POPS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE
POPS IN THE NORTH IN THE AFTERNOON. MAY ISSUE AN HYDROLOGIC
OUTLOOK TO HIGHLIGHT THE POTENTIAL OF TRAINING CONVECTION THE NEXT
FEW DAYS.

WINDS SHOULD SHIFT ONSHORE TODAY WITH THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLIDING
TO THE SOUTH. GIVEN COOL AND MOIST AIRMASS MOVING INTO HIGHER DEW
POINT AIRMASS OVER LAND...MAY SEE SOME FOG FORM NEAR THE LAKE
NORTH OF NORTHPOINT LIGHTHOUSE THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES SHOULD
TOP OFF IN THE LOWER 80S NEAR THE SHORE...BEFORE ONSHORE WINDS
COOL THINGS DOWN INTO THE 60S.

LOW LEVEL JET CRANKS UP TONIGHT...WITH MAGNITUDE INCREASING TO 30
TO 40 KNOTS. THIS MAY HELP INITIATE SOME ELEVATED CONVECTION
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. ELEVATED CAPE VALUES OF AROUND 1200 J/KG
AND SLIGHTLY BETTER DEEP LAYER SHEAR MAY COMBINE WITH LOW MBE
VELOCITIES TO ENHANCE THE HEAVY RAINFALL POTENTIAL FOR TONIGHT.

FRONTAL BOUNDARY THEN MEANDERS BETWEEN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
WISCONSIN THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS
WOULD BE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...WHEN SHORT TERM MODELS
BRING FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. AGAIN...LOW MBE
VELOCITIES COULD BRING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES WITH ANY
CONVECTION.

WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN THROUGH THIS
PERIOD...AS FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS NEAR OR NORTH OF THE FORECAST
AREA.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...

ACTIVE PERIOD CONTINUES THROUGH THE LONG TERM PERIOD...WITH
SEVERAL SYSTEMS PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA. ECMWF AND ITS ENSEMBLES
PREFERRED BY THE HPC BLENDED FIELDS. THUS...WILL CONTINUE THE
CHANCE POPS FOR NOW.

&&

.AVIATION...

BLOWOFF FROM PLAINS CONVECTION SHOULD PREVENT DENSE FOG...HOWEVER
MAY BE TIME FOR VSBYS TO DROP TO IFR FOR A TIME. OTHER FOG CONCERN
AT KMKE WITH LIGHT WINDS BECOMING ONSHORE LATER THIS MORNING. COOL
ONSHORE WINDS INTERACTING WITH MID 60S DEWPOINTS MAY RESULT IN
PERIOD OF FOG. WDLY SCATTERED CONVECTION EXPCD ALONG FRONTAL
BOUNDARY EXPCD TO PUSH BACK TO THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON WITH BEST
THREAT NORTH OF TAF SITES. SECOND MCS DEVELOPING ALONG FRONTAL
BOUNDARY THIS EVENING MAY SLIDE SOUTHEAST ALONG THICKNESSES AND
AFFECT TAF SITES TONIGHT...HOWEVER TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY AT THIS
POINT TO ADD MORE THAN CB OR VCTS TO FORECAST.

&&

.MARINE...

WEAK BOUNDARY VCNTY OF KMTW EXPCD TO SAG SLOWLY SOUTHWARD THIS
MORNING WITH LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AND THEN
SOUTHEAST. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD BE MOSTLY LIGHT...LESS THAN 10
KNOTS...HOWEVER BRIEF GUSTINESS POSSIBLE AS BOUNDARY MOVES
THROUGH. PER LATEST MODIS SST IMAGES...NEARSHORE HAS WARMED
SEVERAL DEGREES FROM EARLIER UPWELLING EPISODE...NOW GENERALLY IN
THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 50S. WITH INLAND DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE
60S...WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR PATCHY FOG AS WINDS TURN ONSHORE.
BOUNDARY EXPCD TO PUSH BACK TO THE NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. AFTERNOON MARINERS SHOULD BE WARY OF POSSIBLE
THUNDER...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF NORTH POINT LIGHT TO SHEBOYGAN.

&&

.MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&

SHORT/LONG TERM...08/WOOD
AVIATION/MARINE...11/MBK
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 4:16 AM CDT, 10 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
416 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-170930-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
416 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

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 CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
LONE ROCK TO PORT WASHINGTON. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
TURN SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL IS
ALSO POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
THE AREA.

SOME LAKES...RIVERS AND STREAMS REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. MUCH OF
THE ROCK RIVER IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE
FLOODING.

AN AIR QUALITY WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR THE LAKE
SHORE COUNTIES...AS WELL AS WAUKESHA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. HEAVY
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY TURN SEVERE.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE
FROM LONE ROCK TO FOND DU LAC.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

LMZ643>646-170930-
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-
416 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS MAY TURN SEVERE NORTH OF MILWAUKEE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. WINDS
WILL APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS ON THURSDAY.

MBK
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 11:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1100 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-161730-
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
1100 AM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 693 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT
FOR MARQUETTE...GREEN LAKE...FOND DU LAC...AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES...

AT 11 AM CDT...A WARM FRONT STRETCHED FROM NEAR LA CROSSE TO JUST
NORTH OF MILWAUKEE. A VERY WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS WAS IN PLACE
ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THE WARM FRONT MAY INTERACT WITH
THIS HUMID AIR MASS AS MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES CONTINUE TO DESTABILIZE
THE ATMOSPHERE.

AS A RESULT...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY MOVE SLOWLY...WHICH MAY PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

WHILE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ONLY
MARQUETTE...GREEN LAKE...FOND DU LAC...AND SHEBOYGAN
COUNTIES...PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. IF A
THUNDERSTORM THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAMERS
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 12:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1210 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-161845-
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
1210 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 693 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT
FOR MARQUETTE...GREEN LAKE...FOND DU LAC...AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES...

AT 1210 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LA CROSSE
AND SPARTA...TO NEAR STEVENS POINT AND WAUPACA...AND AS FAR
NORTHWEST AS CHIPPEWA FALLS.

AS THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS VERY HUMID AND UNSTABLE ACROSS SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO TRACK
OR DEVELOP SOUTHEASTWARD INTO PARTS OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY TO
THE NORTH OF THE MADISON AND MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREAS.

WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS INTERACT WITH THIS VERY UNSTABLE AIR
MASS...THEY MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-
LINE WIND GUSTS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY MOVE SLOWLY...WHICH MAY
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

WHILE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ONLY
MARQUETTE...GREEN LAKE...FOND DU LAC...AND SHEBOYGAN
COUNTIES...PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. IF A
THUNDERSTORM THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAMERS
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 1:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
121 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-162030-
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
121 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 693 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT
FOR MARQUETTE...GREEN LAKE...FOND DU LAC...AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES...

AT 115 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SAUK COUNTY. OTHER
ISOLATED SHOWERS WERE JUST BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE LAKE
BREEZE FROM NORTHERN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY TO NEAR CEDARBURG AS WELL.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXISTED ALONG A LINE FROM
ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF WISCONSIN RAPIDS...TO NEAR APPLETON IN
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP
SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARDS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.

WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS INTERACT WITH THIS VERY UNSTABLE AIR
MASS...THEY MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL TO AROUND GOLF BALL SIZE AND
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY MOVE
SLOWLY...WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STILL EXISTS NORTH OF
THE MADISON AND MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREAS.

WHILE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ONLY
MARQUETTE...GREEN LAKE...FOND DU LAC...AND SHEBOYGAN
COUNTIES...PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. IF A
THUNDERSTORM THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAMERS
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:09 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
209 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-162030-
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
209 PM CDT WED JUL 16 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 693 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT
FOR MARQUETTE...GREEN LAKE...FOND DU LAC...AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES...

AT 2 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NORTH OF A LINE FROM HILL
POINT...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF BARABOO...TO MEQUON. A LINE OF
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXISTED IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN
FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF PACKWAUKEE...TO ABOUT 15 MILES
NORTH OF SHEBOYGAN.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP SOUTHEASTWARD
TOWARDS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.

WHEN THE THUNDERSTORMS INTERACT WITH A VERY UNSTABLE AIR
MASS...THEY MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL TO AROUND GOLF BALL SIZE
AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS. THE GREATEST THREAT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STILL EXISTS NORTH OF THE MADISON AND
MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN AREAS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND
MOVING VERY SLOWLY. PEOPLE IN MARQUETTE...GREEN LAKE...FOND DU
LAC...AND SHEBOYGAN COUNTIES MAY SEE HEAVY RAINFALL LAST FOR AN
EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME THIS AFTERNOON.

PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS
THAT MAY BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. IF A THUNDERSTORM
THREATENS...MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAMERS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 2:39 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX3 hr
Jul 16, 2:51 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXFond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette, Sheboygan3 hr
Jul 16, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSheboygan73 min
Jul 16, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Ozaukee, Washington79 min
Jul 16, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia41 min
Jul 16, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX3 hr
Jul 16, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMKXSheboygan14 min
Jul 16, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXSauk73 min
Jul 16, 3:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXColumbia, Dodge, Ozaukee, Washington3 hr
Jul 16, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMilwaukee, Waukesha78 min
Jul 16, 4:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMKXSauk3 hr
Jul 16, 5:33 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMKXSheboygan87 min
Jul 16, 6:52 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMKXSauk11 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.