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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Milwaukee, WI

June 18, 2010Lafayette County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2010, 1:53 PM CDT for Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2010, 1:53 PM CDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2010, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Lafayette County, WI

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 18, 12:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 12:00Z on 2010-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2010-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-560 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 Jun 18, 3:47 AM CDT, 10 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:47 AM CDT, 10 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 6:17 AM CDT, 7 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
617 AM CDT FRI JUN 18 2010

WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-191130-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
617 AM CDT FRI JUN 18 2010

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 FOR MORE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS MORNING OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE THIS
AFTERNOON. THIS INSTABILITY ALONG WITH SOME ATMOSPHERIC WIND SHEAR
WILL CREATE CONDITIONS THAT MAY PRODUCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS TIME. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH A FEW LARGE
HAIL REPORTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SETTING UP OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND IOWA FROM
SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MAY BRING SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS
TO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE
THUNDERSTORMS...INCREASING THE THREAT OF AREAL AND FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

LMZ643>646-191130-
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-
617 AM CDT FRI JUN 18 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS EVENING. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT
SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WIND AND WAVES WILL APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS ON
SATURDAY.

THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN SUNDAY AND CONTINUE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MILWAUKEE

MBK

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Lafayette39 min
Jun 18, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Rock50 min
Jun 18, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha51 min
Jun 18, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX94 min
Jun 18, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXJefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha70 min
Jun 18, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX48 min
Jun 18, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.