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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 6, 20124 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 2012, 9:10 AM CDT for 4 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 30 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 6, 2012, 9:10 AM CDT (14:10 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2012, 9:40 AM CDT
In force: 30 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, Fond du Lac County, WI, Green Lake County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:11 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 nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

460 
WUUS53 KMKX 061410
SVRMKX
WIC021-027-039-047-061500-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0017.120506T1410Z-120506T1500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
910 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  NORTHWESTERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN...
  WEST CENTRAL FOND DU LAC COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREEN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 906 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RIO...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CAMBRIA AROUND 920 AM CDT.
  RANDOLPH AROUND 925 AM CDT.
  WAUPUN AROUND 955 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
FRIESLAND...ASTICO...FOX LAKE AND ALTO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...
IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4378 8884 4361 8863 4332 8914 4344 8928
TIME...MOT...LOC 1410Z 228DEG 28KT 4344 8912
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

MBK

2 follow-up statements

904 
WWUS53 KMKX 061425
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
925 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

WIC021-027-039-047-061500-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120506T1500Z/
COLUMBIA WI-DODGE WI-FOND DU LAC WI-GREEN LAKE WI-
925 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
GREEN LAKE...WEST CENTRAL FOND DU LAC...NORTHWESTERN DODGE AND
NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...

AT 920 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RANDOLPH...OR 10 MILES WEST OF BEAVER DAM...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WAUPUN AROUND 955 AM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ASTICO...
FOX LAKE AND ALTO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IF YOU ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURE'S LEADING KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4351 8919 4360 8907 4377 8883 4361 8863
      4332 8914 4334 8916
TIME...MOT...LOC 1425Z 228DEG 28KT 4352 8900
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$
MBK

530 
WWUS53 KMKX 061440
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
940 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

WIC021-027-039-047-061450-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120506T1500Z/
COLUMBIA WI-DODGE WI-FOND DU LAC WI-GREEN LAKE WI-
940 AM CDT SUN MAY 6 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN GREEN LAKE...WEST
CENTRAL FOND DU LAC...NORTHWESTERN DODGE AND NORTHEASTERN COLUMBIA
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
HOWEVER HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE 
THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 4351 8919 4360 8907 4377 8883 4361 8863
      4332 8914 4334 8916
TIME...MOT...LOC 1440Z 228DEG 28KT 4360 8888

$$
MBK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 7:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Marquette	24 min
May 6, 8:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Green Lake, Marquette	31 min
May 6, 9:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Jefferson, Rock	28 min
May 6, 9:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson, Rock, Walworth	36 min
May 6, 10:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Jefferson	33 min
May 6, 12:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Kenosha, Milwaukee, Racine, Walworth, Waukesha	23 min
May 6, 12:27 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		40 min
May 6, 6:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Walworth	30 min
May 6, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Racine, Walworth	29 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 2012 Every 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.