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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 28, 2012Columbia County, Sauk County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2012, 3:49 PM CDT for Columbia County, Sauk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 32 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2012, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2012, 4:21 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Columbia County, WI, Sauk County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 4:00 PM CDTHAIL 1Wisconsin Dells, WI1.0 INCH HAIL
May 28, 4:10 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGWisconsin Dells, WIBROKEN LIMBS AND TREES DOWN.
May 28, 4:10 PM CDTHAIL 1.251 E Wisconsin Dells, WI1.25 INCH HAIL...BROKEN WINDOWS.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2012-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 42 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2012-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-178 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 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.

872 
WUUS53 KMKX 282049
SVRMKX
WIC021-111-282130-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0030.120528T2049Z-120528T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
349 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
  NORTH CENTRAL SAUK COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 345 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE
  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR REEDSBURG...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WISCONSIN DELLS AND LAKE DELTON.

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 4365 9008 4365 8960 4360 8957 4349 9002
      4363 9012
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 245DEG 26KT 4359 8995
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN

$$

WIMBERLEY
3 follow-up statements
800 
WWUS53 KMKX 282101
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
401 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

WIC021-111-282130-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120528T2130Z/
COLUMBIA WI-SAUK WI-
401 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
SAUK AND NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

AT 359 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE HAIL UP TO HEN
EGG SIZE...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR WISCONSIN DELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM PRODUCED HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL EARLIER AROUND REEDSBURG 
BUT HAS INTENSIFIED AS IT MOVES INTO WISCONSIN DELLS.  

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 4353 8988 4362 8993 4364 8991 4365 8960
      4360 8957
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 246DEG 41KT 4364 8977
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.00IN

$$

CRAVEN
604 
WWUS53 KMKX 282112
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
412 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

WIC111-282121-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120528T2130Z/
SAUK WI-
412 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAUK COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.

LAT...LON 4360 8957 4357 8972 4358 8973 4360 8972
      4360 8974 4362 8975 4365 8974 4365 8963
      4365 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 246DEG 41KT 4368 8962

$$

WIC021-282130-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120528T2130Z/
COLUMBIA WI-
412 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
COLUMBIA COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM CDT...

AT 408 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WISCONSIN DELLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL FROM 
REEDSBURG INTO WISCONSIN DELLS.  

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4360 8957 4357 8972 4358 8973 4360 8972
      4360 8974 4362 8975 4365 8974 4365 8963
      4365 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 246DEG 41KT 4368 8962
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

CRAVEN
315 
WWUS53 KMKX 282121
SVSMKX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
421 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

WIC021-282131-
/O.CAN.KMKX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120528T2130Z/
COLUMBIA WI-
421 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED 
AREA.  

HOWEVER...ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGHT HE WISCONSIN DELLS 
AREA AROUND 430 PM. SMALL HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE IS POSSIBLE WITH 
THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4360 8957 4357 8972 4358 8973 4360 8972
      4360 8974 4362 8975 4365 8974 4365 8963
      4365 8960
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 250DEG 36KT 4371 8949

$$

CRAVEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMarquette38 min
May 28, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake42 min
May 28, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane51 min
May 28, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXFond du Lac60 min
May 28, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Green, Rock55 min
May 28, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX117 min
May 28, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDane, Dodge, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth51 min
May 28, 6:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXDodge, Jefferson, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington, Waukesha52 min
May 28, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen, Jefferson, Milwaukee, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha48 min
May 28, 6:29 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningMKX91 min
May 28, 6:42 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMKX2 hr

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.