Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2012, 2:59 PM CDT for Columbia County, Dodge County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 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
- May 3, 2012, 2:59 PM CDT (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2012, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Columbia County, WI, Dodge County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
405 WUUS53 KMKX 031959 SVRMKX WIC021-027-032045- /O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0010.120503T1959Z-120503T2045Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 259 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... NORTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN... * UNTIL 345 PM CDT * AT 256 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARDEEVILLE...OR 10 MILES EAST OF PORTAGE... AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CAMBRIA...RANDOLPH AND FRIESLAND. 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 4361 8895 4345 8895 4349 8933 4359 8933 TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 270DEG 18KT 4353 8925 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ WIMBERLEY
4 follow-up statements
563 WWUS53 KMKX 032008 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 308 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 WIC021-027-032045- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120503T2045Z/ COLUMBIA WI-DODGE WI- 308 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN DODGE AND EAST CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 305 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARDEEVILLE...OR 13 MILES EAST OF PORTAGE... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CAMBRIA...RANDOLPH AND FRIESLAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4361 8895 4345 8895 4349 8925 4359 8928 TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 270DEG 18KT 4353 8919 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ BROOKS
099 WWUS53 KMKX 032019 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 319 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 WIC021-027-032045- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120503T2045Z/ COLUMBIA WI-DODGE WI- 319 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN DODGE AND EAST CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 315 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMBRIA...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RANDOLPH AND FRIESLAND. 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 4359 8921 4361 8895 4345 8895 4348 8919 TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 270DEG 18KT 4353 8911 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ BROOKS
111 WWUS53 KMKX 032028 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 328 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 WIC021-027-032045- /O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120503T2045Z/ COLUMBIA WI-DODGE WI- 328 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN DODGE AND EAST CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT... AT 324 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAMBRIA...OR 13 MILES WEST OF BEAVER DAM... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RANDOLPH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. && LAT...LON 4359 8921 4361 8895 4345 8895 4348 8919 TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 270DEG 18KT 4353 8905 WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN $$ BROOKS
184 WWUS53 KMKX 032039 SVSMKX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 339 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 WIC021-027-032049- /O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120503T2045Z/ COLUMBIA WI-DODGE WI- 339 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DODGE AND EAST CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM CDT... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 4359 8921 4361 8895 4345 8895 4348 8919 TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 270DEG 18KT 4353 8897 $$ BROOKS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Marquette | 3 hr |
| May 3, 8:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MKX | Green Lake, Marquette | 3 hr |
| May 3, 11:41 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MKX | 4 hr | |
| May 3, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 51 min |
| May 3, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Jefferson | 40 min |
| May 3, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 3, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 29 min | |
| May 3, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge, Washington | 49 min |
| May 3, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 37 min | |
| May 3, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha | 30 min |
| May 3, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 12 min | |
| May 3, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 31 min | |
| May 3, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 66 min | |
| May 3, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane | 39 min |
| May 3, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dodge | 23 min |
| May 3, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Dane, Jefferson | 23 min |
| May 3, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Jefferson, Waukesha | 35 min |
| May 3, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 43 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.