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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Milwaukee, WI

May 28, 2012Dane County, Wisconsin

NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2012, 4:54 PM CDT for Dane County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 51 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, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2012, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Milwaukee, WI
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

County Dane County, WI

The radar

The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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, 5:09 PM CDTHAIL 13 N Middleton, WI
May 28, 5:15 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 581 Wnw Middleton, WIMIDDLETON MUNICIPAL MOREY FIELD AIRPORT

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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.

912 
WUUS53 KMKX 282154
SVRMKX
WIC025-282245-
/O.NEW.KMKX.SV.W.0033.120528T2154Z-120528T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DANE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 452 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  THIS
  STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CROSS PLAINS...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT
  HOREB...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MIDDLETON...WAUNAKEE...MADISON CAPITOL SQUARE...WINDSOR...DE
  FOREST...SUN PRAIRIE...MARSHALL...SHOREWOOD HILLS...MAPLE BLUFF...
  MADISON TRUAX AIRPORT...I90/94 INTERCHANGE...MARXVILLE...TOKEN
  CREEK...EAST BRISTOL AND DEANSVILLE.

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 4328 8928 4328 8901 4313 8901 4302 8970
      4316 8976 4318 8976
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 253DEG 34KT 4311 8965
WIND...HAIL <50MPH 1.00IN

$$

WIMBERLEY
2 follow-up statements
935 
WWUS53 KMKX 282210
SVSMKX

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

WIC025-282245-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120528T2245Z/
DANE WI-
510 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN DANE
COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 506 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 NEAR
MIDDLETON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MADISON CAPITOL SQUARE...WINDSOR...DE FOREST...SUN PRAIRIE...
  MARSHALL...MAPLE BLUFF...MADISON TRUAX AIRPORT...I90/94
  INTERCHANGE...TOKEN CREEK...EAST BRISTOL AND DEANSVILLE.

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 4303 8966 4315 8957 4323 8950 4328 8928
      4328 8901 4313 8901
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 253DEG 34KT 4315 8945
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.25IN

$$

CRAVEN
699 
WWUS53 KMKX 282238
SVSMKX

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

WIC025-282245-
/O.CON.KMKX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120528T2245Z/
DANE WI-
538 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
DANE COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 535 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MARSHALL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN DANE COUNTY.

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 4308 8935 4317 8928 4322 8924 4328 8917
      4328 8901 4313 8901
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 253DEG 34KT 4323 8909
WIND...HAIL 70MPH 1.00IN

$$

CRAVEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXColumbia, Sauk32 min
May 28, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXMarquette38 min
May 28, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMKXGreen Lake42 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.