Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2011, 9:18 PM CDT for Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 35 min. 1 report 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 23, 2011, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2011, 9:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Dodge County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:19 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 9:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Beaver Dam, WI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
971 WUUS53 KMKX 240218 SVRMKX WIC027-240315- /O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0113.110724T0218Z-110724T0315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 918 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 1015 PM CDT * AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF BEAVER DAM...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BEAVER DAM...JUNEAU...HORICON...JUNEAU DODGE AIRPORT...BURNETT AND MINNESOTA JUNCTION. LAT...LON 4343 8846 4333 8874 4355 8896 4360 8887 TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 313DEG 15KT 4354 8886 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.25IN $$ REM
3 follow-up statements
129 WWUS53 KMKX 240229 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 929 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 WIC027-240315- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110724T0315Z/ DODGE WI- 929 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM CDT... AT 924 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAVER DAM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... JUNEAU DODGE AIRPORT AND JUNEAU AROUND 950 PM CDT. HORICON AROUND 955 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE BURNETT AND MINNESOTA JUNCTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4357 8880 4343 8846 4333 8874 4349 8890 TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 312DEG 18KT 4350 8879 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.25IN $$ WOOD
439 WWUS53 KMKX 240243 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 943 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 WIC027-240315- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110724T0315Z/ DODGE WI- 943 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY UNTIL 1015 PM CDT... AT 938 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR JUNEAU DODGE AIRPORT...OR NEAR JUNEAU...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IN ADDITION...AT 930 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN BEAVER DAM WITH THIS STORM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HORICON AND JUNEAU AROUND 950 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4343 8884 4353 8871 4343 8846 4333 8874 TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 312DEG 20KT 4346 8871 WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.25IN $$ WOOD
474 WWUS53 KMKX 240253 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 953 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 WIC027-240303- /O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-110724T0315Z/ DODGE WI- 953 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL DODGE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE...AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING. LAT...LON 4343 8884 4353 8871 4343 8846 4333 8874 TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 312DEG 24KT 4341 8861 $$ WOOD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 8:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Green Lake | 3 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.