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Special Marine Warning 2, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this special marine warning at Apr 10, 2011, 10:05 PM CDT. It was in force for 94 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
- Apr 10, 2011, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2011, 11:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special marine warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special marine warning went out at Apr 10, 3:29 PM CDT, 6 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 3:29 PM CDT, 6 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 329 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 .VERY SHORT TERM...LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. FORECAST CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS FOR EARLY APRIL IN PLACE ACROSS SRN WI THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF APPROACHING STRONG LOW PRESSURE. WITH THE WARM FRONT WELL TO THE NORTH ACROSS FAR NW WI AND THE WESTERN UPPER PENINSULA OF MI...AND THE COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM SE MN THROUGH CENTRAL IA...THE FORECAST AREA IS RIGHT SMACK IN THE WARM SECTOR OF THIS SYSTEM. MIXED LAYER CAPES HAVE INCREASED TO 1500-2000 J/KG AS THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE. TONS OF SHEAR...WITH 0-6 KM VALUES CURRENTLY 55-65 KTS...AND MAY INCREASE TO 75 KTS BEFORE STORMS GET GOING. ATMOSPHERE REMAINS PRETTY CAPPED FOR THE MOMENT...BUT APPROACHING JET STREAK SHOULD AID IN WEAKENING THE CAP LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH RES RAPID REFRESH AND LOCAL WRF MODEL BRING STORMS INTO THE WEST BY 7 PM THIS EVENING...WITH THE CONVECTION EXITING THE EAST BY MIDNIGHT OR SHORTLY THERE AFTER AS THE COLD FRONT CLEARS SRN WI. GIVEN THE SETUP...THE STORM MODE STILL LOOKS TO BE SUPERCELLS...WITH GENERAL SCATTERED COVERAGE. DID NOT RAISE LIKELY POPS WITH DISCRETE NATURE OF THE CELLS...BUT ENTIRE AREA AT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING...THE BEST CHANCE ACROSS THE NW CWA WHERE SPC IS MAINTAINING A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS. STRONG AND LONG LIVED TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL ALL BE THREATS WITH THESE STORMS. TEMPS WILL COOL THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...WITH NEAR SEASONABLE HIGHS ON MONDAY. MODELS HAVE BACKED WAY OFF ON THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN SHOWERS TOMORROW. NAM AND GFS SOUNDINGS ARE PRETTY DRY AND MAV/MET POPS ARE QUITE LOW. CHOPPED LIKELY POPS DOWN TO LOWER CHANCE FOR NOW...WITH SOME SHOWER POTENTIAL LINGERING. POPS MAY NEED BE TO BE LOWERED MORE LATER IF CURRENT TREND PERSISTS. .SHORT TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...FORECAST CONFIDENCE MEDIUM TO HIGH. QUIET WEATHER THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS RIDGING BUILDS INTO REGION. SHORT WAVE TROUGH AND ATTENDANT SURFACE LOW TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT/SURFACE TROUGH SAGGING INTO CENTRAL TO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. MODEL PRECIPITATION TIED CLOSELY TO FRONTOGENETIC FORCING ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARY/TROUGH WHICH REMAINS NORTHWEST OF FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. THE GFS DOES BRING QPF INTO THE WESTERN CWA...BUT THIS LOOKS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH VORT MAX THAT APPEARS TO BE OVERDONE BY CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK SO WILL LEAVE DRY FOR NOW. COLDEST TEMPERATURES MONDAY NIGHT/TUESDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES UNDER SURFACE RIDGE AXIS...WITH FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUPPORTING LOW TO MID 30S. WARMING TUESDAY ON DEVELOPING SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS AND MIXING UP TO +4C TO +5C 850 MB TEMPERATURES YIELDS MID 60S IN THE WEST...WHILE +3C IN THE EAST WILL PRODUCE HIGHS AROUND 60...THOUGH WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALLOW LAKE BREEZE TO INTRUDE WEST AT LEAST TO THE KETTLE MORAINE IN THE AFTERNOON HOLDING HIGHS IN THE 50S. A BIT MORE NEAR-SURFACE MIXING WILL KEEP LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE LOW 40S WEST AND UPPER 30S EAST...WITH HIGHS CLIMBING INTO THE 60S EVERYWHERE THOUGH AFTERNOON COOLING ALONG THE LAKE WITH DEVELOPING LAKE BREEZE. .LONG TERM... && .AVIATION...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. MAIN FEATURE OF INTEREST FOR THIS TIME PERIOD IS THE CUT-OFF LOW DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. ON FRIDAY. MID-RANGE MODELS HAVE SLOWED TIMING...BUT STILL TAKE NEARLY STACKED SYSTEM ACROSS N CENTRAL IL INTO NRN INDIANA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. LEAD SHORT WAVE WILL BRING FIRST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...THEN SAGGING BAROCLINIC ZONE STALLS OVER SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WITH CONVERGENCE FROM PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW IMPINGING ON THE STALLED BOUNDARY KEEPING CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION IN FORECAST THROUGH THURSDAY. EXPECT PERIODS OF RAIN/RAIN SHOWERS WITH VORTICITY MAXIMA ROTATING AROUND CLOSED SYSTEM INTO SATURDAY. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATED POTENTIAL FOR SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT IN COLD AIR ADVECTION BEHIND DEPARTING LOW. WILL ADD A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW FOR SATURDAY NIGHT FOR NOW. SYSTEM PULLS FAR ENOUGH AWAY FOR A DRY BUT COOL SUNDAY. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT...EXCEPT FOR IN SHOWERS AND STORMS...WHERE MVFR CIGS/VSBYS POSSIBLE...OR EVEN IFR VSBYS IN HEAVIER RAIN. STORMS EXPECTED TO FIRE IN THE WEST BY 00Z...CLEARING THE EAST BY AROUND 06Z. COVERAGE WILL LIKELY BE SCATTERED...WITH THE STORM MODE EXPECTED TO BE SUPERCELLS. STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE. MVFR CIGS LIKELY TO MOVE IN LATER TONIGHT WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION...PROBABLY PERSISTING INTO MID OR LATE MONDAY MORNING. BREEZY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW. && .MARINE... BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EVENING AHEAD OF APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SUNDAY MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 25 OR 30 KNOTS. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TO NORTHWEST ON MONDAY...REMAINING BREEZY INTO THE EVENING. THUS WILL CONTINUE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY INTO MONDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE. .MKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. LM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CDT MONDAY FOR LMZ643>646. && SHORT/LONG TERM...09/REM VERY SHORT TERM/AVIATION/MARINE...07/DDV
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 3:59 PM CDT, 6 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 359 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-112100- MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE- WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE- LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA- 359 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING...AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THIS AREA INCLUDES LONE ROCK...MADISON...BARABOO... PORTAGE...GREEN LAKE...BEAVER DAM AND FOND DU LAC. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THERE IS A TORNADO WATCH FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LONE ROCK TO CAMPBELLSPORT LINE UNTIL 11 PM CDT. THE STRENGTH OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM...INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR...COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND TORNADOES...WITH THE BEST CHANCE IN THE AREA COVERED BY THE MODERATE RISK. ANYONE WITH PLANS ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. AN AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR COLUMBIA...SAUK AND DANE COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM TONIGHT FOR PARTICLE POLLUTION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LMZ643>646-112100- SHEBOYGAN TO PORT WASHINGTON WI- PORT WASHINGTON TO NORTH POINT LIGHT WI- NORTH POINT LIGHT TO WIND POINT WI- WIND POINT WI TO WINTHROP HARBOR IL- 359 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 33 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH LOW PRESSURE WILL RESULT IN BLUSTERY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ON MONDAY. REM WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 10, 8:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Apr 10, 9:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
903 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0836 PM NON-TSTM WND GST JUNEAU 43.41N 88.70W
04/10/2011 M48 MPH DODGE WI AMATEUR RADIO
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WIMBERLEYLocal storm report, Apr 10, 9:34 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
934 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0736 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 WNW JUNEAU 43.43N 88.78W
04/10/2011 M48.00 MPH DODGE WI AMATEUR RADIO
AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR MEASURED A 48 MPH NON-THUNDERSTORM
WIND GUST.
0901 PM HEAVY RAIN GREEN LAKE 43.84N 88.96W
04/10/2011 M0.40 INCH GREEN LAKE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 0.40 INCH OF RAIN IN 15 MINUTES
ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40-45 MPH. MINOR STREET FLOODING
IN GREEN LAKE.
0905 PM NON-TSTM WND GST MCFARLAND 43.02N 89.29W
04/10/2011 E45.00 MPH DANE WI TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES BENDING SLIGHTLY IN MCFARLAND.
&&
REMSpecial weather statement, Apr 10, 9:43 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 943 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 WIZ064>066-069>072-110345- JEFFERSON-KENOSHA-MILWAUKEE-RACINE-ROCK-WALWORTH-WAUKESHA- 943 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... AT 938 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DELAFIELD TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELOIT...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... LAPHAM PEAK STATE PARK AND WALES BY 950 PM CDT... WAUKESHA AIRPORT AND DOWNTOWN WAUKESHA BY 955 PM CDT... WALWORTH AND POTTER LAKE BY 1000 PM CDT... WILLIAMS BAY AND NEW BERLIN BY 1005 PM CDT... BURLINGTON AIRPORT AND WIND LAKE BY 1010 PM CDT... FRANKLIN AND PELL LAKE BY 1015 PM CDT... MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND TWIN LAKES BY 1020 PM CDT... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL BRANCHES TO BE BLOWN DOWN...AND LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. KAPELA
Local storm report, Apr 10, 9:51 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
951 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0938 PM TSTM WND GST MILTON 42.78N 88.95W
04/10/2011 M49.00 MPH ROCK WI MESONET
FROM MESONET AT NORTHSIDE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
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PZABELLocal storm report, Apr 10, 9:56 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
956 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0954 PM HAIL 2 NE AFTON 42.62N 89.04W
04/10/2011 M0.75 INCH ROCK WI TRAINED SPOTTER
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PZABELThe office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Sauk | 40 min |
| Apr 10, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Columbia, Marquette, Sauk | 49 min |
| Apr 10, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Green Lake | 51 min |
| Apr 10, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MKX | Fond du Lac, Green Lake | 22 min |
| Apr 10, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Waukesha | 24 min |
| Apr 10, 10:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth | 26 min |
Nearby
Special Marine Warnings in Wisconsin, 2011Every special marine 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.