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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 28, 2012Green Lake County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2012, 4:33 PM CDT for Green Lake County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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, 4:33 PM CDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Green Lake County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 28, 4:50 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	Marquette, WI
May 28, 4:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1	Marquette, WI

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 28, 12:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 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.

123 
WUUS53 KMKX 282133
SVRMKX
WIC047-282215-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0032.120528T2133Z-120528T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREEN LAKE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 427 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 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTELLO...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF
  PORTAGE...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PRINCETON...MARKESAN...GREEN LAKE...DALTON...KINGSTON...MARQUETTE
  AND MANCHESTER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS!

&&

LAT...LON 4364 8889 4364 8924 4377 8924 4376 8918
      4377 8917 4381 8917 4381 8919 4386 8920
      4395 8888
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 252DEG 35KT 4373 8935
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 2.00IN

$$

WIMBERLEY

3 follow-up statements

381 
WWUS53 KMKX 282150
SVSMKX

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

WIC047-282215-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120528T2215Z/
GREEN LAKE WI-
450 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GREEN LAKE
COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 443 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF MONTELLO...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF PORTAGE...MOVING
EAST AT 40 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 
FROM REEDSBURG TO WISCONSIN DELLS AND BRIGGSVILLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PRINCETON...MARKESAN...GREEN LAKE...MARQUETTE AND MANCHESTER.

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 4364 8889 4364 8924 4377 8924 4376 8918
      4377 8917 4381 8917 4381 8919 4386 8920
      4395 8888
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 256DEG 34KT 4376 8916
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.25IN

$$

CRAVEN

329 
WWUS53 KMKX 282201
SVSMKX

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

WIC047-282215-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120528T2215Z/
GREEN LAKE WI-
501 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL GREEN
LAKE COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM CDT...

AT 457 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 5 MILES
NORTHWEST OF MARKESAN...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RIPON...MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH.

QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN MARQUETTE 
COUNTY WITH THIS STORM. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GREEN LAKE.

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 4372 8907 4377 8912 4380 8913 4383 8912
      4390 8888 4369 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 256DEG 34KT 4378 8901
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.75IN

$$

CRAVEN

841 
WWUS53 KMKX 282213
SVSMKX

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

WIC047-282223-
/O.EXP.KMKX.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120528T2215Z/
GREEN LAKE WI-
513 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL GREEN LAKE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 4372 8907 4377 8912 4380 8913 4383 8912
      4390 8888 4369 8889
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 256DEG 34KT 4382 8883

$$

CRAVEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Columbia, Sauk	32 min
May 28, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Marquette	38 min
May 28, 4:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane	51 min
May 28, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Fond du Lac	60 min
May 28, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Green, Rock	55 min
May 28, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		117 min
May 28, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dane, Dodge, Jefferson, Rock, Walworth	51 min
May 28, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Dodge, Jefferson, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Washington, Waukesha	52 min
May 28, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MKX	Green, Jefferson, Milwaukee, Rock, Walworth, Waukesha	48 min
May 28, 6:29 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	MKX		91 min
May 28, 6:42 PM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	MKX		2 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.