Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 2011, 9:23 AM CDT for Columbia County, Marquette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 37 min. 2 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
- Apr 3, 2011, 9:23 AM CDT (14:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2011, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Columbia County, WI, Marquette County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:36 AM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 1 Ne Wisconsin Dells, WI | |
| Apr 3, 10:00 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Nne Pardeeville, WI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WUUS53 KMKX 031423
SVRMKX
WIC021-077-031500-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0003.110403T1423Z-110403T1500Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
923 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 918 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WISCONSIN DELLS...AND
MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MONTELLO AROUND 950 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BRIGGSVILLE...OXFORD...ENDEAVOR...PACKWAUKEE AND GLEN OAK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 4387 8920 4381 8919 4381 8917 4379 8917
4376 8918 4377 8924 4364 8924 4364 8922
4355 8925 4357 8970 4364 8977 4365 8960
4385 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 1423Z 270DEG 49KT 4374 8980
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
GEHRING2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KMKX 031434
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
934 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011
WIC021-077-031500-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110403T1500Z/
COLUMBIA WI-MARQUETTE WI-
934 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
MARQUETTE AND NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...
AT 931 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WISCONSIN DELLS...MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MONTELLO AROUND 950 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
ENDEAVOR...PACKWAUKEE AND GLEN OAK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND IS
STRENGTHENING. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 4387 8920 4381 8919 4381 8917 4379 8917
4376 8918 4377 8924 4364 8924 4364 8922
4355 8925 4357 8970 4364 8977 4365 8960
4385 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 1433Z 270DEG 49KT 4374 8965
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.50IN
$$
GEHRING195
WWUS53 KMKX 031444
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
944 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011
WIC021-077-031500-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110403T1500Z/
COLUMBIA WI-MARQUETTE WI-
944 AM CDT SUN APR 3 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
MARQUETTE AND NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...
AT 944 AM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN SOUTHERN ADAMS COUNTY.
THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF WISCONSIN
DELLS...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MONTELLO AROUND 950 AM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GLEN OAK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL THAT WILL COVER THE
GROUND. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 4387 8920 4381 8919 4381 8917 4379 8917
4376 8918 4377 8924 4364 8924 4364 8922
4355 8925 4357 8970 4364 8977 4365 8960
4385 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 1444Z 275DEG 48KT 4368 8948
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN
$$
GEHRINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette | 17 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.