Alert archive / Wisconsin / High Wind Warnings in 2011
High Wind Warning 1, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this high wind warning at Jun 15, 2011, 8:27 AM CDT for 7 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 83 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 15, 2011, 8:27 AM CDT (13:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2011, 9:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
Counties Kenosha County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee County, WI, Racine County, WI, Sheboygan County, WI, Washington County, WI, Waukesha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:29 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1204 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
730 WWUS73 KMKX 151327 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 827 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...HIGH WINDS TO AFFECT AREAS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THIS MORNING... .WIDESPREAD HIGH WINDS BEHIND A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE COUNTIES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THIS MORNING. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL EXIT SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AS THEY MOVE NORTH. WIZ052-059-060-065-066-071-072-151600- /O.NEW.KMKX.HW.W.0001.110615T1327Z-110615T1600Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND... PORT WASHINGTON...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...RACINE... KENOSHA 827 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL IMPACT THE COUNTIES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH 11 AM. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...SOME TREES WILL BE UPROOTED AND LARGE TREE BRANCHES WILL BE BROKEN. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE IF WIRES ARE BROUGHT DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN WIDESPREAD...POWERFUL... DAMAGING...NON-THUNDERSTORMS WINDS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE FOR 1 HOUR OR MORE...OR PEAK WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE FOR ANY DURATION ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. && $$ KAPELA
2 follow-up statements
288 WWUS73 KMKX 151407 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 907 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...HIGH WINDS TO AFFECT AREAS NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THIS MORNING... .WIDESPREAD HIGH WINDS BEHIND A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE COUNTIES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THIS MORNING. THE THREAT FOR HIGH WINDS HAS NOW SHIFTED NORTH OF MILWAUKEE AND WILL EXIT SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN BY LATE MORNING. WIZ065-066-071-072-151515- /O.CAN.KMKX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110615T1600Z/ WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-KENOSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE... RACINE...KENOSHA 907 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE THREAT FOR HIGH WINDS HAS ENDED. $$ WIZ052-059-060-151600- /O.CON.KMKX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110615T1600Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON 907 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING... A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * TIMING...HIGH WINDS WILL IMPACT THE COUNTIES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THROUGH 11 AM. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 60 MPH. * IMPACTS...SOME TREES WILL BE UPROOTED AND LARGE TREE BRANCHES WILL BE BROKEN. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE IF WIRES ARE BROUGHT DOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN WIDESPREAD...POWERFUL... DAMAGING...NON-THUNDERSTORMS WINDS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE FOR 1 HOUR OR MORE...OR PEAK WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE FOR ANY DURATION ARE EXPECTED. DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. && $$ DDV
074 WWUS73 KMKX 151450 NPWMKX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 950 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...HIGH WIND THREAT HAS ENDED... .THE HIGH WINDS THAT WERE OCCURRING BEHIND A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE COME TO END. THUS THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS BEING CANCELLED. WIZ052-059-060-151600- /O.CAN.KMKX.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110615T1600Z/ SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON 950 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2011 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. THE THREAT FOR HIGH WINDS HAS ENDED. $$ DDV
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 8:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.