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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2011, 8:32 PM CDT for Green County, Lafayette County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 28 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, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Green County, WI, Lafayette County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 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
- 2717 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
217
WUUS53 KMKX 090132
SVRMKX
WIC045-065-090200-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0087.110609T0132Z-110609T0200Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
832 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
GREEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 828 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BRODHEAD TO WINSLOW TO
COUNCIL HILL...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN GREEN COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 4285 8939 4250 8936 4251 9043 4260 9043
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 327DEG 26KT 4257 8931 4252 8983
4246 9034
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN
$$
MRC2 follow-up statements
351 WWUS53 KMKX 090142 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 842 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011 WIC045-065-090200- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-110609T0200Z/ GREEN WI-LAFAYETTE WI- 842 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE AND GREEN COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 841 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONROE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRODHEAD...MONROE AIRPORT...MONTICELLO...ALBANY AND JUDA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 4285 8939 4250 8936 4251 9043 4260 9043 TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 257DEG 18KT 4258 8961 WIND...HAIL 80MPH 1.00IN $$ SEARS
954 WWUS53 KMKX 090150 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 850 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011 WIC045-065-090200- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0087.000000T0000Z-110609T0200Z/ GREEN WI-LAFAYETTE WI- 850 PM CDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN LAFAYETTE AND GREEN COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 846 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 MONROE AIRPORT...OR NEAR MONROE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BRODHEAD...MONTICELLO...ALBANY AND JUDA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS STORM HAS EXHIBITED SOME WEAK ROTATION. TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH ONE IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. && LAT...LON 4285 8939 4250 8936 4251 9043 4260 9043 TIME...MOT...LOC 0150Z 257DEG 18KT 4259 8956 WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN $$ SEARS
The 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, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Jefferson, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha | 40 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, 8:43 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
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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.