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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 8:05 PM CDT for 6 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2011, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2011, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Dodge County, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Milwaukee County, WI, Ozaukee 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 01:05 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 4124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1367 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 10.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
780
WUUS53 KMKX 090105
SVRMKX
WIC027-055-079-089-131-133-090145-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0085.110609T0105Z-110609T0145Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
805 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
NORTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
SOUTHWESTERN OZAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
NORTHERN WAUKESHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 800 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
OKAUCHEE LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DELAFIELD...HARTLAND...PEWAUKEE...SUSSEX...BROOKFIELD...MENOMONEE
FALLS...WAUWATOSA...MEQUON...CEDARBURG...BROWN DEER...
THIENSVILLE...GLENDALE...WHITEFISH BAY...FOX POINT...BAYSIDE...
MERTON...LANNON...BUTLER...MILWAUKEE TIMMERMAN AIRPORT AND RIVER
HILLS.
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 4305 8787 4305 8858 4323 8859 4332 8788
4326 8791 4324 8791 4322 8789 4320 8789
4318 8788 4312 8789 4308 8786
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 266DEG 39KT 4314 8844
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$
MRC2 follow-up statements
091
WWUS53 KMKX 090116
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
816 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011
WIC027-055-079-089-131-133-090145-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110609T0145Z/
MILWAUKEE WI-OZAUKEE WI-DODGE WI-JEFFERSON WI-WAUKESHA WI-
WASHINGTON WI-
816 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN
WASHINGTON...NORTHERN WAUKESHA...NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...
SOUTHEASTERN DODGE...SOUTHWESTERN OZAUKEE AND NORTHERN MILWAUKEE
COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...
AT 814 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MERTON...OR NEAR SUSSEX...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SUSSEX...BROOKFIELD...MENOMONEE FALLS...WAUWATOSA...BROWN DEER...
MEQUON...THIENSVILLE...CEDARBURG...FOX POINT...BAYSIDE...
GLENDALE...WHITEFISH BAY...LANNON...BUTLER...MILWAUKEE TIMMERMAN
AIRPORT...RIVER HILLS...UW-MILWAUKEE CAMPUS...HUBERTUS...COLGATE
AND RICHFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4305 8787 4305 8858 4323 8859 4332 8788
4326 8791 4324 8791 4322 8789 4320 8789
4318 8788 4312 8789 4308 8786
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 264DEG 29KT 4314 8826
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$
SEARS404
WWUS53 KMKX 090137
SVSMKX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
837 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011
WIC027-055-079-089-131-133-090147-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0085.000000T0000Z-110609T0145Z/
MILWAUKEE WI-OZAUKEE WI-DODGE WI-JEFFERSON WI-WAUKESHA WI-
WASHINGTON WI-
837 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...NORTHERN
WAUKESHA...NORTHEASTERN JEFFERSON...SOUTHEASTERN DODGE...SOUTHWESTERN
OZAUKEE AND NORTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT.
LAT...LON 4305 8787 4305 8858 4323 8859 4332 8788
4326 8791 4324 8791 4322 8789 4320 8789
4318 8788 4312 8789 4308 8786
TIME...MOT...LOC 0137Z 264DEG 29KT 4316 8803
$$
SEARSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette | 67 min |
| Jun 8, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Dane | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, Rock, Sauk | 46 min |
| Jun 8, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 52 min | |
| Jun 8, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine and 3 more | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 111 min | |
| Jun 8, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Lafayette | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Fond du Lac | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 79 min | |
| Jun 8, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine and 4 more | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 9:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Green, Kenosha, Lafayette, Racine, Rock, Walworth | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Green, Rock | 48 min |
| Jun 9, 3:38 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 36 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011
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.